ID	748
Authors	NÁDASI Eszter
Title	Surgeons, surgeries, and operating rooms in television medical series
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Keywords	television, medical drama series, popular culture, medicine, cultivation theory
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Issue	2020/2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.22503/inftars.XX.2020.2.3
Abstract	The longest-running American prime-time television medical series, Grey’s Anatomy represents a society in which gender is not a potential career barrier in surgery. Focusing on an iconic scene of the series, this article brings media studies together with the history- and philosophy of surgery to provide a qualitative analysis of this portrayal on three levels: surgical procedure, protagonist, and place. Following previous studies on medical drama series, the theoretical framework of the article is cultivation theory. Some elements of the genre – like the realistic hospital setting and the authentic usage of medical jargon – might strengthen the likelihood of content cultivation. Finally, I discuss the potential positive and negative effects of the way how this popular series depict female surgical careers.
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Language	English
Pages	33-54
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