| At present,depression has become a mental illness with a very high prevalence.According to the data of the "Report on the Development of Chinese National Mental Health(2019-2020)",the current lifetime prevalence of depression in my country is as high as 6.8%,and the formation of In sharp contrast,the rate of consultation and diagnosis is relatively low,with less than 20%of patients with depression being diagnosed.The public’s attention and awareness of depression have not increased correspondingly with the increase in the number of patients.Instead of empathizing and helping patients,they are biased and discriminated against.Some patients with depression refuse medical treatment because of their stigma,which leads to aggravation of the condition and even more serious consequences.Mainstream media is one of the important ways for the public to obtain health consultation,and its role in depression health reporting cannot be ignored.The way it reports on depression issues and the presentation of patients’images will have a profound impact on the audience’s attitudes and behaviors towards depression.Therefore,after clarifying the dissemination path of depression issues in China,this paper focuses on depression reports in mainstream media,and studies the construction of depression issues on the three platforms of People’s Daily,Weibo,WeChat and the client.Through content analysis and text analysis,it is found that,in terms of the number of reports,in the mainstream media’s health communication,the issue of depression is in a marginal position and has not formed stable attention;from the perspective of reporting bias,popular science reports It is more rational and objective,but other types of reports contain more negative information,and the positive guiding effect of the reports on the public is weakened;from the perspective of patients with depression,there are situations such as labeling patients and focusing too much on the curiosity of the story.Patients arc often portrayed as extreme and violent images;in terms of reporting genres,the lack of in-depth reports is not conducive to the audience’s in-depth understanding of depression.It is undeniable that some reports have stigmatized the construction of depression,which not only fails to eliminate or alleviate the social stereotype of depression,but also affects the public’s attitude and behavior towards depression.In the field of depression health communication,past research has mostly focused on the frame and discourse content of reports,while research on communication effects is scarce.Therefore,in the fifth chapter,this paper uses the questionnaire survey method and empirical research method to explore the correlation between the media image of depression and the audience’s cognition.The results show that the negative media image of depression is not conducive to the audience’s correct understanding of depression and hinders the audience from empathizing with the patient,while the positive and neutral media image generally helps to deepen the audience’s understanding of depression and patients.This shows that the mainstream media’s coverage of depression largely affects the creation of a friendly,caring,and helpful social environment for depressed patients.Based on the above analysis of the dissemination of depression in China,the analysis of the construction of depression issues in mainstream media,and the content of in-depth interviews with patients and their families,this paper analyzes the current influence of depression in mainstream media from three aspects:medical environment,media environment,and social environment.The influencing factors of the construction of the image of the disease,and combined with the problems in the report,give targeted suggestions and improvement strategies,such as paying attention to health appeals,enriching the content and form of the report,increasing humanistic care for patients,improving the professional quality of reporters,and coordinating social All parties,etc.,hope to play the positive guiding role of mainstream media,popularize knowledge,eliminate prejudice,and promote positive interactions between all parties in the society and patients-with depression. |
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