Media representation of depression in young people: a corpus-based analysis of Irish newspaper coverage

Tobin, Gerard A.; Lyddy, Fiona

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“…We performed NVIVO coding of 343 ME to classify metaphors into preliminary target domain categories, such as PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSION, DISORDER, LIFE WITH DEPRESSION, and INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. This division facilitates the formation of our initial working hypothesis (working hypothesis) ( De Choudhury et al, 2013 ; Tobin and Lyddy, 2014 ; Yoon et al, 2019 ). Since we analyzed a smaller amount of extracted data (300 randomly selected posts), instead of analyzing each word using the MIPVU, the time required is significantly reduced.…”

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Words for the hearts: a corpus study of metaphors in online depression communities

Shi,

Khoo

2023

Front. Psychol.

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Purpose/significanceHumans understand, think, and express themselves through metaphors. The current paper emphasizes the importance of identifying the metaphorical language used in online health communities (OHC) to understand how users frame and make sense of their experiences, which can boost the effectiveness of counseling and interventions for this population.Methods/processWe used a web crawler to obtain a corpus of an online depression community. We introduced a three-stage procedure for metaphor identification in a Chinese Corpus: (1) combine MIPVU to identify metaphorical expressions (ME) bottom-up and formulate preliminary working hypotheses; (2) collect more ME top-down in the corpus by performing semantic domain analysis on identified ME; and (3) analyze ME and categorize conceptual metaphors using a reference list. In this way, we have gained a greater understanding of how depression sufferers conceptualize their experience metaphorically in an under-represented language in the literature (Chinese) of a new genre (online health community).Results/conclusionMain conceptual metaphors for depression are classified into PERSONAL LIFE, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, TIME, and CYBERCULTURE metaphors. Identifying depression metaphors in the Chinese corpus pinpoints the sociocultural environment people with depression are experiencing: lack of offline support, social stigmatization, and substitutability of offline support with online support. We confirm a number of depression metaphors found in other languages, providing a theoretical basis for researching, identifying, and treating depression in multilingual settings. Our study also identifies new metaphors with source-target connections based on embodied, sociocultural, and idiosyncratic levels. From these three levels, we analyze metaphor research’s theoretical and practical implications, finding ways to emphasize its inherent cross-disciplinarity meaningfully.

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Words for the hearts: a corpus study of metaphors in online depression communities

Shi,

Khoo

2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…The focus on illness is evident in studies that have (a) analysed the depiction of specific disorders such as dementia (e.g., van Gorp & Vercruysse, ), depression (e.g., Bengs, Johansson, Danielsson, Lehti, & Hammarström, ; Cavazos‐Rehg et al, ; Clarke, , ; Moreno et al, , ; Tobin & Lyddy, ; Wang & Liu, ; Yang & Mu, ; Zhang, Jin, Stewart, & Porter, ; Zhang, Jin, & Tan, ), obsessive–compulsive disorder (e.g., Pavelko & Myrick, ), post‐traumatic stress disorder (e.g., Houston, Spialek, & Perreault, ; Salzmann‐Erikson & Hiçdurmaz, ; Wu, ), and schizophrenia (e.g., Boke, Aker, Aker, Sarisoy, & Sahin, ; Chopra & Doody, ; Clement & Foster, ; Magliano, Read, & Marassi, ); (b) examined violent events including homicides, mass shootings, suicides, and forceful encounters with the police involving individuals with specific diagnoses (e.g., Carpiniello, Girau, & Germana Orrú, ; Ion, Pegg, & Moir, ; Kalucy et al, ; Kesic et al, ; McGinty, Webster, Jarlenski, & Barry, ); or (c) explored media messages about “mental illness” often treating the term as synonymous with psychosis and other diagnoses of serious mental illness (e.g., Aragonès, López‐Muntaner, Ceruelo, & Basora, ; Atilola & Olayiwola, ; Bilić & Georgaca, ; Clarke, ; Diefenbach & West, ; Everett, ; Goulden et al, ; McGinty, Kennedy‐Hendricks, Choksy, & Barry, ; Mfoafo‐M'Carthy, Sottie, & Gyan, ; Nawková et al, ; Parrott & Parrott, ; Rasmussen & Ewoldsen, ; Thornicroft et al, ; Whitley & Berry, ).…”

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Mental health and the media: From illness to wellbeing

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The media are a main source of information about mental health for many people, and an ever‐growing body of literature is evaluating their coverage of the topic. To help keep track of such research, several comprehensive but now dated literature reviews have been published. We assess more recent studies (2007–2017) and suggest future directions by integrating (a) the “circuit of mass communication” model from media and communication studies which posits that production, content, and reception need to be analysed for an in‐depth understanding of the media, (b) the holistic view of mental health as comprising both illness and wellbeing, and (3) the critical psychiatry literature questioning the assumptions underlying psychiatric knowledge and practice. We find that recent studies have focused on content and “the illness side” of mental health by examining the representation of particular mental disorders and events involving individuals with specific diagnoses. We identify as a promising development the growing interest in “the wellbeing side” of mental health whereby authors have started to analyse recovery messages. We invite more production and reception research and more critical content studies which use diagnostic labels cautiously and analyse the representation of people with mental health problems as the victims of violence.

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“…In this regard, there is little literature in this field that examines how young people with mental disorders are portrayed in the media [ 7 , 11 ]. The existing literature converges to indicate that: (i) youth mental health coverage tends to include more elements of responsible journalism than adult mental health coverage, often in devoted feature articles rather than episodic news coverage [ 12 , 13 ]; (ii) young people are a more sensitive and impressionable group and are therefore at greater risk of exposure to harmful information [ 14 ]; (iii) youth are often portrayed as victims of violence [ 15 ]; and (iv) there is little emphasis on prevention, intervention or resources [ 16 ]. This literature, however, has certain limitations.…”

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Spanish media coverage of youth mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic

Carrasco,

Saucier,

Whitley

2023

BMC Psychiatry

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Background The media portrayal of mental health is relevant in shaping the population’s attitudes towards mental disorders. However, there is little information about the representation of young mental health issues in the Spanish-language press, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The general objective of this study was to analyse the tone and content of Spanish newspaper articles about mental disorders in youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We collected media articles from the 10 most read news sources over a 6 month period (January-June 2021). These articles were coded for content using a standardised codebook, followed by an inductive thematic analysis. A total of 205 news items were evaluated. Results Results showed that the majority of the news items had an overall positive tone (68.3%), only 5.4% were stigmatising and only 7.3% were related to violence. However, few articles offered help seeking information (6%), adolescents were rarely quoted (14%) and children were never quoted. Substantial differences are described in terms of age, gender and disorder. The thematic analysis led to three emergent themes: (i) violence and victimisation; (ii) the COVID-19 pandemic; and (iii) technology and social media. Conclusions The percentage of news in the Spanish media that refer to young people’s mental health in a stigmatising way or in a way associated with violence is very low. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic may have promoted more positive discussion about youth mental health. However, major challenges remain to be addressed, as patients are seldom quoted, very few articles offer help-seeking information, and a narrative of victimisation without appropriate discussion of resilience regularly occurs.

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Media representation of depression in young people: a corpus-based analysis of Irish newspaper coverage

Abstract: The analysis suggests that media coverage of depression in young people accurately reflects concerns reported in surveys by young people, but provides less information that might help in recognising depression in a young person.

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Words for the hearts: a corpus study of metaphors in online depression communities

Words for the hearts: a corpus study of metaphors in online depression communities

Mental health and the media: From illness to wellbeing

Spanish media coverage of youth mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic

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