Kitzinger, Jenny  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2593-8033
2015.
Media representations of science and health: the case of coma.
Miller, Toby, ed.
The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture,
Routledge Companions,
London:
Routledge,
pp. 333-341.
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Abstract
Media representation of science and health are a key area of concern for researchers interested in the potential of the media to influence society – whether through helping to shape individual behaviours, public debates or the policy agenda. This chapter uses research on ‘coma’ (and associated conditions such as the vegetative state) as a case study for exploring the range of ways in which media coverage can be analysed. I show how researchers from different backgrounds (e.g. film and cultural studies, sociology of science, and scientific/clinical practice) have approached such research and highlight their different research designs and findings. I conclude by highlighting the need to take such disciplinary divisions into account – both when reviewing research into the media representation of science and health and when developing such research oneself.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Journalism, Media and Culture |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NE Print media P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting Q Science > Q Science (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISBN: | 9780415641470 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 27 September 2018 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2022 09:04 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/73188 |
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