Practical

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

An investigation into representations of mental illnesses in the media across different sources

Question 2

Procedure

Answer 2

We picked two articles the sun published 2011 and the independent published 2019 of similar length
We gave a quick check by doing a quick read through to find what content analysis to do
We did summative content analysis by counting the frequency of key words in the data which we decided (6 themes) on after doing a quick check, some had negative connotations some had positive ones
We then did measures of central tendency and dispersion by finding the standard deviation and mean

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

There will be a greater number on negative references to SZ in the Sun (2011) than the independent (2019)

Question 4

Weakness

Answer 4

Lack pop valid - only 2 newspapers
Not representative of how other types of newspapers would show mental health

Question 5

Strength

Answer 5

Ecological validity - based on observations
Also relevant and recent