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| 專輯論文Special Issue Articles |
| 憂鬱症的生物醫學真實、社會文化真實與 新聞再現：以台灣的《中國時報》與《蘋果 日報》為例 |
| Biomedical Reality, Sociocultural Reality, and News Representations of Depression: A Comparative Analysis between the China Times and the Apple Daily in Taiwan |
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| 作者 |
吳孟津、徐美苓 |
| Author |
Meng-Chin WU, Mei-Ling HSU |
| 關鍵詞 |
生物醫學真實、社會文化真實、新聞再現、憂鬱症 |
| Keywords |
biomedical reality, depression, news representation, sociocultural reality |
| 摘要 |
本論文以台灣2003 年5 月初至2006 年底分具傳統嚴肅報與小報性質的《中國時報》及《蘋果日報》的1,371 則憂鬱症新聞為樣本，除比較兩報在主題、版面分佈與呈現語氣部分的基本分佈，也進一步分析其在再現憂鬱症生物醫學真實以及社會文化真實層面的差異。結果發現《蘋果日報》比《中國時報》傾向呈現憂鬱症新聞於社會或軟性的版面、使用較多負面語氣，但也較常將憂鬱症患者再現為被害人。在生物醫學真實再現部分，約六成以上的報導會提及憂鬱症的病因、症狀與醫師診斷，但《中國時報》比《蘋果日報》提供較多關於醫師診斷、預防與就醫後之「果」的資訊。兩報在社會文化真實面向的再現則無差異，均極少將憂鬱症病患軀體化、正面化或污名化。本論文最後就分析結果討論研究意涵與限制，並提出後續研究建議。 |
| Abstract |
Along with cancer and HIV/AIDS, depression has been declared by the World Health Organization to be the most severe disease facing humanity at the beginning of the 21st Century. Nevertheless, less than onefourth of those suffering from depression have sought medical help worldwide, far fewer than had been expected by medical professionals. This might be attributable to the public having different beliefs concerning what depression is, compared to the beliefs of the medical profession. The layperson’s perception of a disease, in contrast to the scientifically oriented, biomedical model of a condition, differs according to cultural or social context, and also varies according to how the disease is represented in popular discourse (as, for example, in the news).
In Taiwan, a culturally Chinese society in which various medical beliefs and practices coexist, cognitive diseases and mental disorders (which include depression) are uniquely characterized by the biomedical and sociocultural realities of the society. When the Hong Kong-based tabloid Apple Daily was first published in Taiwan in 2003, its rapidly growing readership and its sensational way of reporting changed newspaper market share, but also influenced the representation of issues and events in the news media. Indeed, the media was once predominantly composed of serious newspapers. With this in mind, this article compares how depression is represented in Taiwanese tabloids, and in serious papers.
A sample of 1371 relevant stories was selected from the Apple Daily and the China Times, the two newspapers representing tabloid and traditional serious press, respectively, in Taiwan. The stories were taken from the time period starting May 1, 2003, and ending December 31, 2006. These stories were analyzed with special focus on the biomedical vs. sociocultural dimensions of depression. The results show that most depression-related stories do not specifically address the disease itself. The two newspapers differed significantly in terms of their basic news features, such as news page, issue, and tone. Biomedical information regarding diagnosis, prevention, and treatment outcomes of depression was presented more frequently in the China Times than in the Apple Daily. The analysis revealed no significant differences in terms of the sociocultural reality of depression as presented by the two papers. In particular, somatization, stigmatization, and positivization with respect to depression were rarely described in either newspaper. The findings indicate that, although both the tabloid and the serious newspaper shared the same sociocultural viewpoint of depression (as expressed in the articles, this viewpoint was no longer negative), the lack of attention to the biomedical dimension of depression in the tabloid might hinder readers from gaining related preventive and medical information concerning depression. Suggestions for further research are provided at the end of the paper.
本文引用格式
吳孟津、徐美苓（2011）。〈憂鬱症的生物醫學真實、社會文化真實與新聞再現：以台灣的《中國時報》與《蘋果日報》為例〉。《傳播與社會學刊》，第17期，頁87–122。
Citation of this article:
WU, M. C., & HSU, M. L. (2011). Biomedical Reality, Sociocultural Reality, and News Representations of Depression: A Comparative Analysis between the China Times and the Apple Daily in Taiwan. Communication & Society, 17, 87–122.
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