Table 5.
Newspaper Measurements | Placing of Articles | Chi-Square | P Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Front Page (n = 589) | Inside Pages (n = 23,590) | |||
Positive tone (%) | 25.5 | 20.9 | 24.0 | <0.001 |
Recovery as a theme (%) | 17.8 | 15.1 | 20.6 | <0.001 |
Stigmatising in content (%) | 22.1 | 28.0 | 11.9 | 0.003 |
Danger linked negatively to mental health (%) | 35.8 | 47.3 | 32.1 | <0.001 |
Shortage of resource as a theme (%) | 40.7 | 29.7 | 33.4 | <0.001 |
Expert quoted (%) | 31.7 | 26.2 | 11.4 | 0.010 |
PWMI quoted (%) | 21.7 | 19.7 | 11.0 | 0.012 |
Intervention discussed (%) | 28.4 | 20.4 | 24.1 | <0.001 |
MHCC, Mental Health Commission of Canada; PWMI, people with mental illness.