Improvement for most, but not all: changes in newspaper coverage of mental illness from 2008 to 2019 in England.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Time to Change, an anti-stigma programme in England, has worked to reduce stigma relating to mental illness in many facets of life. Newspaper reports are an important factor in shaping public attitudes towards mental illnesses, as well as working as a barometer reflecting public opinion. This study aims to assess the way that coverage of mental health topics and different mental illnesses has changed since 2008.

Method

Articles covering mental health in 18 different newspapers were retrieved using keyword searches on two randomly chosen days of each month in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2019. A content analysis approach using a structured coding framework was used to extract information from the articles. Logistic regression models were used to estimate

SUBMITTER: Hildersley R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7681112 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature