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Annotated Bibliography Research Methods 3090-002 [Name] Group Members: [Name] [Name] [Name] [Name] Tabor Menhennett: Goepfert, N. C. (2019, May 7). Effects of stigmatizing media coverage on stigma measures, This article investigates the stigmatization of mental illness and how it is portrayed in the media. It took a close look at how the media directly affects those with mental illnesses such as depression and low self esteem. The experiment took a group of 180 participants that were all clinically diagnosed with depression and investigated how the stigma about mental illness in the media affected them. They concluded that there is an effect with films causing a stigma with mental illness even when it is in a single film. This article relates to our project because it shows that the media has an effect on people with mental instability, however we want to further these findings by seeing if it also affects those in the general public. By: Tabor Menhennett Source: Google Scholar Mary E. McNaughton-cassill (2001). The news media and psychological distress, Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 14:2, 193-211, DOI: 10.1080/[phone]24835 This study took an indepth look into watching negative news stories and how it relates to stress and most importantly optimism and pessimism. The study concluded that participants in the study who watched higher levels of news had greater anxiety and also caused low levels of optimism. This is related to our study because it looks at all the same factors our study does and gives us greater insight into our own study. By: Tabor Menhennett Source: Google Scholar Naeem, F., Taj, R., Khan, A., & Ayub, M. (2012). Can watching traumatic events on TV cause PTSD symptoms? Evidence from Pakistan. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 126(1), 79–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01876.x This particular article was done in Islamabad, and looked at the effects of watching violent acts on the news. It compared their personal experiences with violent acts and watching violent acts on the news. The participants had one years worth of reported television usage. During this usage they watched violent acts on tv at least 5 days a week for at least one hour each time. Its results showed that watching the news can cause indirect effects of PTSD. This article is important to our research because it is related to our study. The study yielded positive results that show watching tv has a negative impact on victims of PTSD. Therefore if it has effects on victims of violence there could also be an effect on people’s outlook on life after watching news studies. By: Tabor Menhennett Source: Research Gate Szabo, A., Hopkinson, K.L. (2007) Negative psychological effects of watching the news in the television: Relaxation or another intervention may be needed to buffer them!. Int. J. Behav. Med. 14, 57–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03004169 In this article the researchers used an experiment on two groups of college students. The two groups were given a 15 minute news story to watch which was followed by a relaxation session or lecture. The findings were that in both groups levels of anxiety and total mood disturbance had increased because of watching the news. Even when attention diverters were given there was still a significant amount of negative feelings associated with watching the news. This article relates to ours because our study essentially does basically the same thing but with a questionnaire. In the end our study wants to find not only if there is mood disturbance but an effect on optimism and pessimism levels. By: Tabor Menhennett Source: Research Gate [Author] Coyne, S. M., Rogers, A. A., Zurcher, J. D., Stockdale, L., & Booth, M. (2020). Does time spent using social media impact mental health?: An eight year longitudinal study. Computers in Human Behavior, 104, 106160. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106160 Many studies have found a link between time spent using social media and mental health issues like depression and anxiety. This study was focused on a 8-year longitudinal study looking at the association between time spent using social media and depression and anxiety at an intra-individual level. At the end of the study it was found that increased time spent on social media was not necessarily associated with increased mental health issues when examined at the individual level over the course of 8 years. Even though this study found a lack of relationship, I think it is good to look at the opposite side of our research question where it has been found that in some cases, mental health and media are not totally associated. This helps not have a bias in our research project. By: [Author] Source: Science Direct Marshall, G. N., Wortman, C. B., Kusulas, J. W., Hervig, L. K., & Vickers, R. R., Jr. (1992). Distinguishing optimism from pessimism: Relations to fundamental dimensions of mood and personality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62(6), 1067–1074. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.62.6.1067 This study is focused on clarifying and extending the knowledge regarding the structure of optimism and pessimism and their relations to fundamental dimensions of mood. Two lines of evidence were developed to determine whether optimism and pessimism are better represented as opposite ends of a single bipolar dimension or independent ones. To assess the generalizability of the two lines of evidence, two different measures of optimism and pessimism, LOT and the Hopelessness Scale were used. The findings were that optimism and pessimism are empirically differentiable and these constructs represent correlated but distinct dimensions. This relates to our project because we want to use our survey to see different levels of optimism and pessimism. It is good to know what makes them different from each other and how they are measured differently. By: [Author] Source: APA PsycNet Shensa, A., Escobar-Viera, C. G., Sidani, J. E., Bowman, N. D., Marshal, M. P., & Primack, B. A. (2017). Problematic social media use and depressive symptoms among U.S. young adults: A nationally-representative study. Social Science & Medicine, 182, 150-157. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.061 One of the leading cause of disability worldwide is depression and the suggested association between social media use and depression may be explained by increasing use of social media. This study’s objective was to assess the association between problematic social media use and depressive symptoms among a large sample of U.S. young adults. It was found that problematic social media use was strongly associated with increased depressive symptoms. This relates to our research project because we want to see if the use of social media and the news can have an affect on someones optimism or pessimism levels. By: [Author] Source: Science Direct Srivastava, K., Chaudhury, S., Bhat, P. S., & Mujawar, S. (2018). Media and mental health. Industrial psychiatry journal, 27(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.4103/ipj.ipj_73_18 This article is about people in India who are increasingly using new media technology to stay in touch with family and friends, to use it for business, for entertainment, and also acquiring information about national/world events. The article states that mass media has a strong effect on our expectations and standards for our way of life. The influence of mass media is increasing and it is also pervasive. There is no doubt that the media has an impact on our thinking, behavior, and emotions and some effects may be prosocial or anit-social. This relates to our group's research project because we want to see how the different types of media can influence and affect someone's view on the world around them including their own personal life. By: [Author] Source: US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health [Author] Corrigan, Patrick, Powell, Karina & Michaels, Patrick. (2013). The Effects of News Stories on the Stigma of Mental Illness. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 201, 179-182. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182848c24 This study is about testing the benefits of reading a positive or negative article that discusses mental health. Adults were...