A journalistic presentation of people with mental disorders, examples from the Polish newspapers

Łukasz Krawczyński

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The article in which people with mental disorders are being presented in the media. The study is based on content analysis of 403 press materials which were publicized in Polish newspapers in 2015. The author concludes that press expose mental disorders mainly in negative context or as a metaphor for something illogical or risky. The main image of mentally deranged people is usually twofold: they are either very emotional and illogical or overly intellectual and emotionless.

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linguistic view of the world, journalistic view of the world, mental disorder, mentally ill person