Departmental Papers (ASC)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
October 1985
Publication Source
Journal of Communication
Volume
35
Issue
4
Start Page
36
Last Page
51
DOI
10.1111/j.1460-2466.1985.tb02971.x
Abstract
Content analysis of TV programming across day- and night-time genres shows drugs and machines as the ubiquitous modes of healing, with doctors diagnosing incorrectly only three percent of the time.
Recommended Citation
Turow, J., & Coe, L. (1985). Curing Television's Ills: The Portrayal of Health Care. Journal of Communication, 35 (4), 36-51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1985.tb02971.x
Date Posted: 17 January 2008
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Joseph Turow was affiliated with Purdue University. Currently January 2008, he is a faculty member of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.