Media Portrayals of Mental Illness. In this video, Dr. Anna Ross and I discuss the role of the media in influencing mental representations of people with mental illness, responsible media reporting and stigma in mental illness.

Dr. Anna Ross is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Anna is co-convenor of the 2023 Mental Ill-Health Stigma Researchers Australia Network symposium. Anna has published widely on media reporting of serious mental illness, particularly in Australia.

Chapters
0:00 Stigma in Complex Mental Illness
4:15 Stigma Perpetuated in the Media
8:30 Incentives of the Media
18:40 Responsible Media Reporting
26:15 Media Reporting in Australia

Show Notes
SANE Australia- https://www.sane.org/
StigmaWatch- https://www.sane.org/get-involved/adv...
Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma- https://dartcenter.org/
"Experiences reporting on mental illness and suicide: Findings from interviews with Australian news professionals" by Ross et al., 2024
"Evaluation of the StigmaWatch Program's Impact on Media Portrayals of Suicide and Mental Illness" by Ross et al., 2024
"Examining the quality of news media reporting of complex mental illness in relation to violent crime in Australia" by Ross et al., 2023
"“Hotspots” and “copycats”: a plea for more thoughtful language about suicide" by Owens, 2016