Conclusion

The data from this study shows that you don't need to be familiar with a celebrity who has depression in order to publicly support them on social media. This study also suggests that the more familiar you are of depression before hearing about celebrities with depression does not change your opinion on how you view them. Lastly, the data shows that people who are more familiar of depression can connect and relate more to the celebrities disclosing their stories, leading to more education and awareness of the illness.

The limitations for this study are that not enough questions were geared towards people who are familiar with depression. As well as more questions about which celebrities they were discussing to get a more clear sense of who they were most familiar with. Further research can improve on its external validity because of the number of people who did not participate in the study. Anyone who is an Endicott Student or is under the age of 18 was not allowed to complete this survey showing that there could have been a wide array of different opinions and answers. Lastly, the sampling process could have been more widely distributed to people who aren't familiar with me because the majority of respondents were white females which could lead to biased answers.

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