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Gauging the Mental Health Content of the Mass Media
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Content CategoriesMental HealthMedia StudiesPsychologyJournalismCensorshipInteractive JournalismMedia EffectsContent AnalysisMedia PsychologyMass MediaData JournalismPsychiatryProblematic Social Medium UseMental Health ProblemsCommunication ResearchTelevisionMass CommunicationArtsMedicine
Content categories were developed and used to explore what mass media are saying about mental health problems. Radio and TV samples were found to carry larger percentages of relevant material than newspaper and magazine samples, and certain kinds of attitudes seemed to dominate in all media.