Perceived Attitude of Facebook Users Towards Memes About Depression

Abstract

The primary purpose of the study is to determine whether other people's attitudes and memes expressing depression influence how users perceive depressed people. The descriptive-correlational study approach was used to emphasize the degree of attitude toward depression and the frequency of interaction with memes that express depression among three hundred eighty-five random participants residing in Surigao del Norte. The statistical analysis tools that were used in treating the data were frequency count, mean, standard deviation, Pearson Correlation, and One-way ANOVA. Females between the ages of twenty and twenty-four comprise the majority of those who interact with memes that express depression and majority of the participants oftentimes interact with memes expressing depression. Results showed that there is a significant relationship between the participants’ attitude towards depression and their frequency of interaction with memes that express depression. When it comes to memes expressing depression, individuals are more likely to take them seriously than humorously. Moreover, results also showed that there is a significant difference between perceived attitude towards depression when grouped by sex. Furthermore, the null hypothesis that states there is no significant difference between the participants’ attitude towards depression and their frequency of interaction with memes that express depression when grouped according to their profile: Age, was rejected. As a result, it's critical to encourage Facebook users to exercise caution while interacting with memes that express depression.