Proponent/Claimant

Jessie Richie N. De los Santos

Abstract

The study aimed to disclose and described the prevailing sentiments on the different news articles on mental depression among public school teachers in the Philippines. The study utilized a mixed-method research design utilizing content analysis of online news articles from January to December 2019. The study employed Plutchik Wheels of Emotions to present the sentiment analysis of the study. Google Trends was also utilized to present the vulnerability of the topic. The news content analysis revealed sentiments of the articles to negative (36.88%) and positive (63.12%) where writers principal emotions on Trust, Anticipation, Fear and Sadness and few articles on Joy, Anger, Surprise and Disgust. The unique discoveries of the study focused on the soft evidence and the actual news articles on Mental Depression among Public School Teachers. Further studies may be conducted to explore the hidden themes on the embedded sentiments found in the news articles in this study

Name of Research Journal

International Journal of Law, Humanities & Social Science

Volume and Issue No.

Vol. 5, Issue 1, ISSN(online): 2521-0793 ISSN(print)

Date/Year of Publication

January 2021

Citation

de los Santos, J. R. N. (2021). International Journal of Law, Humanities & Social Science©. DEPRESSION, 5(1).