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Abstract

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> previous research by Stuart (2006) suggests the media overdramatises & provides distorted images of mental illness

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Introduction

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> previous research by Oosdyck (2008)

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Research question

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Does culture influence how mental illnesses are portrayed by the media in the cases of mass shootings?

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Alternative hypothesis

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There will be a significant difference between the cultures regarding how mental illnesses are portrayed in the cases of mass shootings.

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Null hypothesis

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There will be no significant difference between the cultures regarding how mental illnesses are portrayed in the cases of mass shootings.

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Sample

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2 newspaper articles reporting the Orlando mass shooting of June 2016

UK: ‘Omar Mateen: Everything we know so far about Orlando gunman’ - telegraph.co.uk

US: ‘Ex-wife of Orlando shooter claims He was Bi-Polar and He Had Previously Been Abusive to her During 4-month marriage’ - people.com

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Defining key words

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MENTAL ILLNESS: mental illness, disorder, bipolar, depression, anxiety

DESCRIPTION: unstable, anger, aggression, paranoid, disturbed, violent, obsession, distress

TREATMENT: medication, therapy, psychiatric help, confiding

CRIME: terrorism, homophobia, religion, killer, gunman

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Conclusion

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> no significant difference between the influence of culture between the two articles on the same mass shooting

UK focuses on crime
US focuses on crime more than mental illness
US focuses on mental illness more than UK

> no reference to treatment
little positive description

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EVALUATION: Generalisability of sources

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  • articles focused more on crime than mental illness (latent content: why did the shooter set out to kill so many people?)
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EVALUATION: Validity

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+ ecological validity - current articles expressing current views on mental illness - reflection on real life

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EVALUATION: Reliability

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+ high inter-rater reliability - two researchers agreed on the words to search for - reduced subjectivity

  • triangulation methods not used
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EVALUATION: Objectivity

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HIGH: quantitative data - interpreted by everyone in the same way

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EVALUATION: Subjectivity

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HIGH: deciding on key words may include bias, some words might be ambiguous

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EVALUATION: Ethics

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+ no Ps - no consent necessary

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EVALUATION: Reductionism

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Reductionist: qualitative data is reduced to quantitative - loss of richness of sources

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Improvements for future research

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> more articles would strengthen conclusion

> remove researcher bias by receiving sources from an outside perspective