News Content About Mass Shootings and Attitudes Toward Mental Illness
| Autor: | Theresa J. Buczek, Alesha D. Ballman, Laura C. Wilson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Randomized experiment
Communication Social distance 05 social sciences Stigma (botany) 050801 communication & media studies Mass violence Mental illness medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0508 media and communications medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology Content (Freudian dream analysis) Social psychology Clinical psychology Attitudes toward mental illness |
| Zdroj: | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 93:644-658 |
| ISSN: | 2161-430X 1077-6990 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1077699015610064 |
| Popis: | We examined the impact of media messages about mass shootings on participants’ attitudes toward people with mental illness. In a randomized experiment, 293 college students were randomly assigned to read one of five news articles (i.e., one control article, four articles about mass shootings) and answer questions about attitudes toward people with mental illness. Groups significantly differed on attitudes related to perceived dangerousness/social distance and perceived discrimination/belief in recovery, but not insurance/treatment beliefs. The majority of news about mass shootings, even if the article does not mention mental illness or contains expert information, may contribute to negative attitudes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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