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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Media Studies
  • Computational Linguistics

Background:

  • Public stigma surrounding schizophrenia is a significant issue.
  • However, the portrayal of schizophrenia in the media and its contribution to stigma remains under-researched.
  • This study examines sentiment and violence in US news coverage related to schizophrenia.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze sentiment and violence-related content in US news coverage of schizophrenia.
  • To compare media portrayals of schizophrenia with those of illnesses of comparable burden.
  • To test the hypothesis that schizophrenia news exhibits higher negative and violent content.

Main Methods:

  • An observational comparative content analysis of 116,866 news transcripts from CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC (2016-2023).
  • Sentiment analysis using a roBERTa large language model.
  • Violence-related language assessment using the LIWC-22 natural language processing tool.

Main Results:

  • Schizophrenia-related news displayed significantly higher negative sentiment (β=0.078) and lower positive sentiment (β=-0.10).
  • News coverage also featured significantly more violent content (β=0.14) compared to comparable illnesses.
  • Schizophrenia keywords appeared in clinical contexts less than half as often (48.49%) as keywords for other illnesses (97.84%).

Conclusions:

  • Media coverage frequently associates schizophrenia with negative and violent language, perpetuating stigma.
  • These findings underscore the need for interventions focused on media representation to mitigate public stigma.
  • Reducing negative media portrayals is crucial for improving societal attitudes toward individuals with schizophrenia.