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The Mental Card

addressing the media's influence of blaming gun violence on the mentally ill

Our Course

erasing the stigma

research - guns

Behavioral Science

America - twitter

Recent Mass Shootings

Media's portrayal - Framing

Mental illness misconceptions

definition - disclaimer

About the Mental Card

Kahoot

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About the Mental Card

The mental card is a presentation that will cover the misconceptions presented about mental health in the mainstream media in response to mass shootings.

It will go into detail about the disproportionate representation of the mentally ill with violence, recent mass shootings, and the behavioral science of firearm ownership.

Definition

Men - tal Card

/'men(t)l/ /kärd/

Pulling the mental card is the act or tactic of using mental illness as an excuse for deranged acts of violence such as school shootings and mass shootings. Often used by media outlets and politicians as a deflection of several major underlying issues.

Disclaimer

This research is HEAVILY based.....

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

MASS SHOOTINGS

Mental illness misconceptions

Media analysis of film and print have identified three stigmatizing attitudes

AHS

Irresponsible & Governed

Homicidal Maniacs

Childlike Perception

Trump & Abbot

"Mental illness and hatred pull the trigger, not the gun"

Greg Abbott

"bottom line is MENTAL HEALTH is a large CONTRIBUTOR to any type of violence"

Research shows that

"only 3% to 5% of violent acts are attributable to individuals diagnosed with serious mental illnesses"

futhermore, most of those violent acts do not involve firearms

pirelli, wechsler, and cramer (2015)

ted talk

Ted Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXFBXhgzHJc

Recent Mass Shootings

2019

that's it. that's the tweet...

36,057

27,132

388

29

data collected from the Gun Violence Archieve

school?

CNN report (2018)

twitter

Why are the mentally Ill framed as Dangerous?

Mass shooters

Research

"the media attention surrounding these types of cases likely contributes to the perception that persons diagnosed with mental illness are Dangerous "

Corrigan 2003

....are inextricably linked to the history of the US

Guns

"the presence of firearms is persuasive in pop culture, including in American movies, television shows, music, books, and video games"

Pirelli, Wechsler, & Cramer (2018)

Erasing the Stigma

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/media-mental-illness-violence-study_n_57556f96e4b0eb20fa0e5443

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