practical Flashcards

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what was the investigation doing?

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summative content analysis of comparing how attitudes surrounding mental health have changed over time using the films ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘Manic’

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what was the aim of the investigation

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to see how depictions of mental health in the media had changed over time by comparing two films “one Flew over the cuckoo’s nest” 50’s and “manic” 90’s. By seeing there were differences between the amount of negative references made towards mental health.

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what was the alternative hypothesis?

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one-tailed : There will be more negative references and terminology used in the older film “One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (50’s) which looks at mental health through a mental institutions set in compared to the newer film “Manic” (00’s) which looks at mental health through mental institutions in the. However negative connotations and references will still be seen throughout each film.

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null hypothesis?

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there will be no differences between negative references and terminology towards mental health in One flew over the cuckoo’s nest 50’s and manic 00’s - any difference will be due to chance.

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method used?

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A summative content analysis of two films was taken place, were each film was watched and words selected and then tallied regarding how many times they came up in the films and the characters who said them and to whom.

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what was one of the most frequently used words in one flew over the cuckoo’s nest?

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“crazy”

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examples of the lists of words used in OFOTCN?

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Crazy 
Nuts / looney 
Sick 
Help 
Dumb 
Progress 
Useless 
Not stupid
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examples of words used in Manic?

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Psycho 
F*cked up 
Stupid 
Freak 
Upset 
Better
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what else was noted appart from the words?

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  • the relationship between the characters when they said the word e.g. patient to patient
  • behaviours that may be necessary
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what was the % of negative words used in manic and OFOTCN?

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  • 75% in ofotcn

- 61% in manic

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what do the results tell us?

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The results show that although the vocabulary used to describe mental illness has changed over time for example language such as “loony” and “nuts” was more common in the older films One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, however in the the newer film Manic, words such as “F*cked up” and “ “psycho” were used which shows how the language over time has altered.

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what conclusion can be made?

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However the number of negative words throughout both films were not significantly different from each other suggesting that attitudes towards mental health have not changed very much over time.

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