Contemporary medical television and crisis in the NHS

Hamad, Hannah

doi:10.1177/1749602016645778

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“…OBEM is the longest running and most popular U.K. birth show. At the time of writing in May 2018, the eleventh season is airing and the series has consistently retained strong audience numbers; Hamad (2016) notes that until 2014 the series regularly commanded approximately three million viewers. Although season ten premiered with a dip in viewership at just over two million viewers (BARB, 2017), OBEM still regularly featured in the ten most watched programs in the weeks it aired on Channel 4.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There have been some U.K. studies that consider scripted television shows (Clement, 1997; Kitzinger & Kitzinger, 2001), with more recent studies comparing Call the Midwife (B.B.C. One, 2012–) alongside RTV (Hamad, 2016) or documentary (Takeshita, 2017). Yet, RTV is a distinct genre and has received the majority of scholarly attention (e.g., Bull, 2016; Horeck, 2016; Jackson, Land, & Holmes, 2017; Siebert, 2012; Tyler & Baraitser, 2013) as televised birth has flourished.…”

Section: Exploring Birth Representationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This was because the show’s editing omits this information in favor of taking as central the individualized, emotional journeys of birthing mothers. Thus, despite the heightened visibility of midwives’ care in OBEM (Hamad, 2016; O’Brien Hill, 2014), the unclear role delineations between midwifery and obstetrics diminishes midwives’ role and responsibility in birth, reiterating a patriarchal history of obstetric dominance over midwifery (Witz, 1992).…”

Section: Representing Birth: Ambiguity Absences and Medicalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Quantitative insights into televised birth: a content analysis ofOne Born Every Minute

Benedictis

Johnson

Roberts

et al. 2018

Critical Studies in Media Communication

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This article explores birth representations through a content analysis of two seasons of the U.K. program, One Born Every Minute ( OBEM ) (Channel 4, 2010–). Reality television (RTV) has been a fertile ground for the mediation of birth, but has also stoked controversy among feminist critics and the birth community about how birth is represented and the impacts this might have for women and society. International research has explored problematic over-representation of white, heterosexual couples, as well as noting a predominance of medicalized birth experiences. However, this research is formed largely of qualitative studies that are necessarily based on small samples of episodes. To contribute to this literature, we apply a quantitative and interdisciplinary lens through a content analysis of two seasons of the U.K. version of OBEM . Paying attention to the geographical and temporal context of OBEM , this article confirms over-representation of white, heterosexual couples and medicalized birth on RTV birth shows while also providing novel insights into the ambiguous representation of birthplace and lead caregivers, the medicalization of birth through the routinization of supposedly minor birth interventions, and the absence of the representation of women’s choice over such interventions.

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Section: Exploring Birth Representationsmentioning

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Section: Representing Birth: Ambiguity Absences and Medicalizationmentioning

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Quantitative insights into televised birth: a content analysis ofOne Born Every Minute

Benedictis

Johnson

Roberts

et al. 2018

Critical Studies in Media Communication

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“…For example, Wilson (2012) argues specific media stories of crisis and scandal in NHS management helped procure support for Thatcher's initiatives to radically reshape NHS provision. Similarly, Hamad (2016) points to the relationship between sensationalised media reports of the crisis in Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust in 2009 and the government's ability to implement sweeping radical reform. She argued that a campaign of 'finger pointing' helped the passage of reforms that were to change the very nature of the NHS.…”

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Representations of the National Health Service (NHS) in UK print media

Walker

Hanna

Raisborough

2020

Health Promotion International

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Generating negative news coverage of state welfare provision has been identified as a strategy designed to create public support for radical policies aimed to reduce such provision. To date, research of this kind has focused on scandals and crises. However, little is known about the complex relationship between media representations of specific events, and those of media representations in the lead up to these events, what we refer to as periphery representations. Employing a content and frame analysis, this paper analyses the frequency and intensity of peripheral representations of the National Health Service (NHS) in the British print media for 1 week a month before and for 1 week during three key events in recent NHS history: the official consultation period for the Health and Social Care Act; the publication of Five-Year Forward View, and the first Junior Doctor Strike. This article finds that negative NHS representations in articles that are peripheral to particular topical issues of controversy evidence fluctuations, amplifications and intensities across time periods, depending on the particular context. The paper concludes by arguing that repetition of negative themes in news helps to build a sensibility of ‘inadequacy’ of vital services. We hope that this focus on the ways in which amplifications and de-amplifications in negative intensity of peripheral NHS representations across time and content, helps to contribute to debate about the complex interplay between public health services, media representation and policy consent.

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“…Health and medicine are popular subjects for television, both fictional and factual. While medical shows attract large audiences (Hannah Hamad 2016), they also raise questions about their influence on public perceptions of health services (Jan Van den Bulck 2002; Stephen Timmons and Stuart Nairn 2015;Kimberley N. Kline 2010) and on health behaviours (Laura A. Marlow, et al 2012;Richard Mocarski and Kimberly Bissell 2016;Katherine A. Foss 2013).…”

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Childbirth on television: a scoping review and recommendations for further research

Roberts

Benedictis

2019

Feminist Media Studies

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Factual and reality television shows that depict childbirth are both commercially successful and controversial. Social debate focuses on the potential implications for women's experiences of birth and their health. This scoping review critically analyses published literature to assess the state of knowledge about the influence of factual and reality television on the expectations and experiences of childbearing women, and to make recommendations for future research. Recognising the complexity of researching the relationship between the media and lived health experiences, we critically engage with the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the published literature and its substantive findings. We argue that the field is limited by a disconnect between media studies and health studies. Feminist approaches have both criticised the medicalised view of childbirth seen to dominate mainstream media, and the valorisation of "natural childbirth" as a standard which also disciplines women. Very little research has engaged with pregnant women's views and experiences. Future research should engage more rigorously with diverse women who are pregnant or have recently become mothers. Recommendations for future research also include transdisciplinary collaboration for methodological innovation, research about television production processes and research that takes social media and the changing nature of television into account.

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Contemporary medical television and crisis in the NHS

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

Quantitative insights into televised birth: a content analysis ofOne Born Every Minute

Quantitative insights into televised birth: a content analysis ofOne Born Every Minute

Representations of the National Health Service (NHS) in UK print media

Childbirth on television: a scoping review and recommendations for further research

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