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Study examines media language and mental health stigma
Jun 24, 2026, 09:00
by
Beth Eberth
Dr. Tara Walker, associate professor in the Jandoli School of Communication, and Conor Amendola, an undergraduate Media Studies student at Â鶹ӳ», published a paper called “‘Somebody Get Me Some Prozac!’: Trivializing Language and the Stigma of Drug Brand Names.â€
Dr. Tara Walker, associate professor in the Jandoli School of Communication, and Conor Amendola, an undergraduate Media Studies student at Â鶹ӳ», published a paper called “‘Somebody Get Me Some Prozac!’: Trivializing Language and the Stigma of Drug Brand Names.â€
The paper looks at 30 years of newspaper content about the SSRI class of antidepressants and offers a new theoretical model for understanding stigma and trivialization in media. The paper was published open access in Journalism and Media, and is available online: