Clinical Practical - Content Analysis
Aim:
To investigate whether attitudes towards schizophrenia have changed over time (positive and negative attitudes),
using 2 newspapers: 1995 London News Group and 2018 The Guardian.
One tailed hypothesis: Procedure:
There will be a significant increase in Established our aim and hypothesis
the positive portrayal of Secured 2 sources which were about very similar topics - articles about
schizophrenia in more recent schizophrenia
newspapers from 2018 than negative Read the 2 articles
portrayals in earlier newspapers Established coding units or themes: schizophrenia portrayed in a positive
from 1955. or negative light
Null hypothesis: Tallied the information into the coding units to establish result content
There will be no significant Used inter-rater reliability to check or results - strength and weakness
difference in the positive and Converted results into percentages and produced bar graphs
negative portrayals of schizophrenia
from the 1955 newspaper and the
2018 newspaper, if there is it is due 1955 article 2018 artcile Total
to chance.
Sz patients in
25 references 10 references 35
negative light
1955 London News Group Sz patients in
2 references 6 references 8
positive light
2018 The Guardian
Total 27 16 86
1955 article 2018 article
Stern and wild
Minor issues
Split minds
Chaos of mental illness
Sz patients in negative light Morose and combative
Stalker
Monster
Prone to such outbursts
Malady
Calmness and creativity
Sz patients in positive light Creativity - talking to themselves Resilience
Sympathetic
Aim:
To investigate whether attitudes towards schizophrenia have changed over time (positive and negative attitudes),
using 2 newspapers: 1995 London News Group and 2018 The Guardian.
One tailed hypothesis: Procedure:
There will be a significant increase in Established our aim and hypothesis
the positive portrayal of Secured 2 sources which were about very similar topics - articles about
schizophrenia in more recent schizophrenia
newspapers from 2018 than negative Read the 2 articles
portrayals in earlier newspapers Established coding units or themes: schizophrenia portrayed in a positive
from 1955. or negative light
Null hypothesis: Tallied the information into the coding units to establish result content
There will be no significant Used inter-rater reliability to check or results - strength and weakness
difference in the positive and Converted results into percentages and produced bar graphs
negative portrayals of schizophrenia
from the 1955 newspaper and the
2018 newspaper, if there is it is due 1955 article 2018 artcile Total
to chance.
Sz patients in
25 references 10 references 35
negative light
1955 London News Group Sz patients in
2 references 6 references 8
positive light
2018 The Guardian
Total 27 16 86
1955 article 2018 article
Stern and wild
Minor issues
Split minds
Chaos of mental illness
Sz patients in negative light Morose and combative
Stalker
Monster
Prone to such outbursts
Malady
Calmness and creativity
Sz patients in positive light Creativity - talking to themselves Resilience
Sympathetic
