정신장애 유형별 일간지의 보도 형태 분석: 2012년과 2021년의 비교

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to explore the type of newspaper coverage and framing by type of mental disorder and to identify the changes over the past 10 years, based on the premise that the media can influence the perception of mental illness and the social stigma associated with it. For this purpose, 465 articles identified with keywords ‘schizophrenia’, ‘depression’, and ‘alcoholism’ were analyzed using Big KINDS, an integrated database for most major newspapers published in Korea, followed by the Chi-Square test. The results were as follows: First, the number of articles on mental disorders were significantly higher in 2021 compared to 2012. In 2012, depression accounted for a far greater proportion of articles, whereas, in 2021, schizophrenia and depression found greater mention. In addition, it was confirmed through word cloud that words associated with mental disorders such as schizophrenia and depression were related to incidents/accidents and associated with words such as ‘the accused’, ‘the judge’, and ‘the victim’. Second, the crisis frame, conflict frame, and medical frame appeared in 2012, whereas the conflict frame was significantly higher in all 3 types of mental disorders in 2021. Third, when the framing types were compared in 2012 and 2021, significant differences were seen only in schizophrenia and depression. In other words, the framing of media reports on mental disorders had a higher negative tendency, and schizophrenia was stigmatized and perceived as negative. Based on these results, media anti-stigma strategies to reduce social stigma for disorders were discussed.