Journal article
The impact of social media coverage on attitudes towards mental illness and violent offending
Abstract
The aim of this study is to better understand stigma towards individuals with mental illness who commit violent offences, and examine ways to mitigate the negative impact of social media news stories of schizophrenia and violent offending. Psychology undergraduate students (N = 255) were exposed to Instagram images and captions of recent real news stories of violent offending by individuals with schizophrenia. In the experimental condition, …
Authors
Battaglia AM; Mamak M; Goldberg JO
Journal
Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 2938–2949
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 2022
DOI
10.1002/jcop.22807
ISSN
0090-4392