Memorable media messages of mental illness and implications for policy support: examining the influences of racial ingroup/outgroup recall
IntroductionIt is vital to understand how memorable media representations of mental illness influence perceptions about, and policies affecting, people managing mental illness.MethodUtilizing an experiment, this study empirically examines how ingroup/outgroup racial identity recall of those managing...
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| description | IntroductionIt is vital to understand how memorable media representations of mental illness influence perceptions about, and policies affecting, people managing mental illness.MethodUtilizing an experiment, this study empirically examines how ingroup/outgroup racial identity recall of those managing mental health conditions may condition respondents' perceptions of mental illness more broadly, including support for allocating mental health resources.ResultsFindings suggest that the ingroup/outgroup racial identity recall of a memorable media message significantly predicts broader culpability judgments of people managing mental illness and support for mental health-related policies. Unexpectedly, memorable media message recall of racial outgroups was associated with less perceived culpability for a mental illness than recall of racial ingroups. However, content analysis of the recalled messages reveals that, among other cues, explicit emphasis of race, negative language, and perceived potential for messages to influence audiences were most pronounced during recall of racial outgroups with mental illnesses than recall of racial ingroups.DiscussionImplications of patterns for health disparity support for mental illness, as well as mediated memorable message research are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bfd9a4aad0d44e92afa3e30141e96f092025-07-23T13:48:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-07-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.15681551568155Memorable media messages of mental illness and implications for policy support: examining the influences of racial ingroup/outgroup recallJulius Matthew Riles0Abigail Adediran1Esther Akheituame2Guadalupe Madrigal3Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz4Department of Communication, University of Missouri, Columbia, SC, United StatesDepartment of Communication, University of Missouri, Columbia, SC, United StatesDepartment of Communication, University of Missouri, Columbia, SC, United StatesDepartment of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesDepartment of Communication, University of Missouri, Columbia, SC, United StatesIntroductionIt is vital to understand how memorable media representations of mental illness influence perceptions about, and policies affecting, people managing mental illness.MethodUtilizing an experiment, this study empirically examines how ingroup/outgroup racial identity recall of those managing mental health conditions may condition respondents' perceptions of mental illness more broadly, including support for allocating mental health resources.ResultsFindings suggest that the ingroup/outgroup racial identity recall of a memorable media message significantly predicts broader culpability judgments of people managing mental illness and support for mental health-related policies. Unexpectedly, memorable media message recall of racial outgroups was associated with less perceived culpability for a mental illness than recall of racial ingroups. However, content analysis of the recalled messages reveals that, among other cues, explicit emphasis of race, negative language, and perceived potential for messages to influence audiences were most pronounced during recall of racial outgroups with mental illnesses than recall of racial ingroups.DiscussionImplications of patterns for health disparity support for mental illness, as well as mediated memorable message research are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1568155/fullmediamemorable messagesmental healthpolicy supportsocial identityrace |
| spellingShingle | Julius Matthew Riles Abigail Adediran Esther Akheituame Guadalupe Madrigal Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz Memorable media messages of mental illness and implications for policy support: examining the influences of racial ingroup/outgroup recall Frontiers in Psychology media memorable messages mental health policy support social identity race |
| title | Memorable media messages of mental illness and implications for policy support: examining the influences of racial ingroup/outgroup recall |
| title_full | Memorable media messages of mental illness and implications for policy support: examining the influences of racial ingroup/outgroup recall |
| title_fullStr | Memorable media messages of mental illness and implications for policy support: examining the influences of racial ingroup/outgroup recall |
| title_full_unstemmed | Memorable media messages of mental illness and implications for policy support: examining the influences of racial ingroup/outgroup recall |
| title_short | Memorable media messages of mental illness and implications for policy support: examining the influences of racial ingroup/outgroup recall |
| title_sort | memorable media messages of mental illness and implications for policy support examining the influences of racial ingroup outgroup recall |
| topic | media memorable messages mental health policy support social identity race |
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