Another 29% of American adults have “not very much” trust, while a record-high 39% register “none at all.” The latest figure is the highest in Gallup’s five-decade history of tracking these metrics by one percentage point and 12 points higher than the 2016 number, which came amid sharp criticism of the media from then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, making the current assessment the grimmest we’ve seen.
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However, many believe the situation isn’t that much better even if we take a step away from reporting. Last week, Reddit user Stefan_Reevezsky asked others on the platform “What things are claimed to be ‘stigmatized’ in [the] media, but actually aren’t in society?” and folks have thought of plenty.
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The Redditor elaborated on their thought process, saying, “As I was brainstorming, the word ‘stigma’ popped up frequently, leading me to realize that many things portrayed as ‘unacceptable’ in popular media are actually mundane in real society.”
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“The same goes for being gay, short, a single mother, a blue-collar worker, or dealing with depression or other mental health issues.”
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The responses were diverse, but from that the author of the post has gathered, “Western media tends to portray many things as stigmatized because people, especially young ones, seek reassurance by finding ‘dragons to slay.’”
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“It struck me as odd that no one had posed this question before, considering the multitude of responses I received. Perhaps it’s because admitting that some stigmas don’t exist is itself stigmatized.”
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Most of the characters displayed “positive” symptoms of schizophrenia, with delusions being featured most frequently, followed by auditory and visual hallucinations;The majority of characters displayed violent behavior toward themselves or others;Nearly one-third of violent characters engaged in homicidal behavior;About one-fourth of the characters committed suicide;The cause of schizophrenia was infrequently noted. However, in about one-fourth of the movies it was implied that a traumatic life event for the character had been a significant factor;Of the movies that alluded to or showed mental illness treatment, psychotropic medications were most commonly portrayed.
Other studies have also discovered that 75% of depictions of mental illness in popular video games are negative or stereotyped.
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