Representación de las enfermedades en la ficción española de médicos Hospital Central (Telecinco: 2000-2012)

Beatriz González de Garay Domínguez; Francisco Javier Frutos Esteban; Irene Del Arco Bóveda

doi:10.7764/cdi.38.932

Authors

Beatriz González de Garay Domínguez Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
Francisco Javier Frutos Esteban Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
Irene Del Arco Bóveda Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.38.932

Keywords:

Television, health, Hospital Central, Spain, diseases

Abstract

This paper shows the results of a study that analysed how the Spanish TV series Hospital Central (Telecinco: 2000-2012) portrays illness: which diseases are shown and which is the profile of the patients. The analytical method used was a quantitative content analysis of a sample of 43 episodes and 256 characters. The research concludes that both the ailments and the patients’ profile (age, sex, geographical origin, etc.) portrayed in ‘Hospital Central’ do not correspond accurately to medical statistics.

Author Biographies

Beatriz González de Garay Domínguez, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España

Assistant Professor Ph.D. at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Universidad de Salamanca and member of the Center for Audiovisual Content. Graduated with Honors Thesis in Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (2007) and European Ph.D. from the Universidad Complutense (2012). She has also worked as a script analyst and assistant director.

Francisco Javier Frutos Esteban, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España

Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Universidad de Salamanca and Director of the Master in Audiovisual Communication Research. Previously, he developed his work as a photographer and manager of audiovisual content primarily in the International Valladolid Film Festival and the Film Library of Castilla and Leon. He is a member of the Center for Audiovisual Content.

Irene Del Arco Bóveda, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España

has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad de Salamanca in 2015. She has worked as a writer and broadcaster on Radio Intereconomía and Radio Nacional de España. Currently, she is completing the Master in Multimedia Journalism at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and works in the press department of the Casa de América (Madrid).