Characters who received these terms were depicted negatively in the majority of occurrences. In general, many of the references to mental illness were about a character's actions in a situation rather than a character's nature or mental state.
There was also an obvious decrease in using the term of ‘精神病’ from 10% to 1% from 2001 to 2012.
There was a decreased in using 痴線, from approximately 30 % to 10% from 2001 to 2012. In year 2007, the term of ‘思覺失調’ started being used 0.7% but still in a low frequency comparatively to 痴線13.3% and 精神病1.9Similar results were found in the year of 20. The term of痴線still remained the highest than other terms within the same period of these six selected year. All episodes were classified by category and analyzed quantitatively.
#List of 2013 drama china tv programs series
This study investigated the domestic free television program service licensees TVB about the drama series they provide within 2001 to 2012 which broadcasted during 8pm to 10:30pm. The objective of this study is to1)analyze the selected terms ‘ 痴線’, ‘精神病’ ‘思覺失調’ and ‘精神分裂’ which were related to mental illness that present in the target dramas 2) to investigate negative images of mental illness in the Cantonese TV dramas 3)to investigate the relationship between the characters and the terms. Therefore, this study is going to investigate Cantonese TV dramas which related on psychosis, which strongly influence the public recognition of the illness. However, little is known about the influence of Hong Kong media especially the TV broadcast. The media are believed to play a major role in contributing to mental illness stigma via the images they portray of characters with mental illness as well as the misinformation communicated, inaccurate use of psychiatric terms, and unfavorable stereotypes of people with mental illness according to Wahl’s study. Since 1990, Yankelovich revealed that the mass media, including television and broadcast news, are the primary source of information about mental illness. Mental illness is one of the most stigmatized conditions in our society.
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