Clinical practical

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

How schizophrenia is present in tabloids compared to broadsheet newspapers

Question 2

Sampling

Answer 2

Selected articles by searching ‘The sun newspaper on schizophrenia’ and ‘The guardian newspaper on schizophrenia’ Then selected 2 from each

Question 3

Procedure

Answer 3

• Read articles and highlighted all posative + negative words (Tallied them)
• Recorded examples of words:
  Positive: Incredible, lucky
  Negative: Horrific, Brutal, Vicious, Dodgy

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

Broadsheet>Tabloid - posative
Broadsheet 25<Tabloid 146 - Negative
Nearly 6x more negative words
Broadsheet more positive than Tabloid

Question 5

Strengths

Answer 5

Standardised - same method to find article, searched the same thing - reliable
Ecologically valid - Real life situation - represent a real life schizophrenia patient

Question 6

Weakness

Answer 6

• Subjective -The words selected are open to interpretation
• Lacks generalisability - only looked at sun and guardian

Question 7

Improvements

Answer 7

• Use more newspapers only applicable to sun and guardian