Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022): January - June 2022
Review

The Social representation of mental illness: the role of mass media

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  • Martina Messina,
  • Teresa Capparelli,
  • Carmen Giannetti,
  • Sara Scia,
  • Claudia Langella
Martina Messina
SiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, Italy
Teresa Capparelli
SiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, Italy
Carmen Giannetti
SiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, Italy
Sara Scia
SiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, Italy
Claudia Langella
SiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, Italy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32069/PJ.2021.2.142

Published 2022-03-02

How to Cite

Messina, M., Capparelli, T., Giannetti, C., Scia, S., & Langella, C. (2022). The Social representation of mental illness: the role of mass media. Phenomena Journal - International Journal of Psychopathology, Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, 4(1), 19–28. https://doi.org/10.32069/PJ.2021.2.142
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Abstract

This work analyzes literature concerning social representation of mental illness, with a specific reference to the impact of mass media. The review explores how mass media affect people’s opinion, encouraging social stereotypes and collective representations by the depiction of mental illness. This work shows that terminology is a starting point. Moreover, the review includes a focus on children dedicated TV programs.

Keywords: Social representation, mental disease, mass media

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