Media Portrayal of Mental Illness in America

Media Portrayal of Mental Illness in America The media in American society has a major influential impact on the minds and beliefs of millions of people. Whether through the news, television shows, or film, the media acts as a huge database for knowledge and instruction. It is both an auditory and visual database that can press images and ideas into people's minds. Even if the individual has no prior exposure or knowledge to something, the …

…always knew what kind of influence the media has on the minds of its viewers. Until I started this project and got into the research behind it, I did not realize to what effect it can have. I know that the chances of the misconceptions that media portrayal presents changing in the near future is very slim, but hopefully one day all people in America can see all the sides and reality of mental illness.