“Verklig lycka hittas bortom skärmen” - En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av fyra rikstäckande dagstidningar kring psykisk ohälsa och sociala medier.

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study is to examine media’s portrayal, in form of different newspaper articles, of mental illness among adolescents and its connection to social media. In order to fulfill the purpose of the study, a qualitative text analysis is being used. The results of the media review are divided into three main categories; Problem picture, positive aspects and actions as these are mentioned to the greatest extent in the articles. The results are showing that media points out that there has been an increase of adolescents with mental illness and that the increase is likely due to the daily usage of social media and digital display. However, the media also presents positive aspects of the use of social media and other internet sites and says that aid for mental illness is available on social media. Although after writing our analysis we see that the negative aspects of the usage of social media and digital display took over the positive and the conclusion is that young people feel better without them.