Czarny, Matthew J., Ruth R. Faden, Marie T. Nolan, Edwin Bodensiek, and Jeremy Sugarman. "Medical and Nursing Students' Television Viewing Habits: Potential Implications for Bioethics." The American Journal of Bioethics 8.12 (2008): 1-8. Web.
This source is a reliable, peer reviewed journal article explaining a survey conducted at Johns Hopkins University. The survey was given to 477 medical students and 372 nursing students, and it found that 84% of medical students and 81% of nursing students watched televised medical dramas. Researchers found that these dramas can affect the student’s perceptions regarding bioethical issues. I directly quoted this source in my report when I described how researchers derived their findings …show more content…
It also described the results of an observational study where some households watched episodes with positive portrayals of organ donation, and some households watched episodes with negative portrayals. Specifically, I used the information that said those who watched positive portrayals were more likely to become donors than their counterparts. Viewers who watched episodes where fictional doctors encouraged their patient’s family to “pull the plug”, were more likely to see doctors are “vultures who game the system.” This evidence helped me demonstrate that medical dramas have profound impacts on the viewer’s perception of reality; thousands of people on the transplant list die, because there is a societal stigma surrounding organ donation. This information directly linked back to the portion of my thesis that said viewership can negatively impact patient care. This source is reliable, as it is a peer reviewed article published on a government run website, and is …show more content…
I used this source to explain that script writers today depict doctors more negatively with “unflattering personality traits including adultery, arrogance, and avarices.’’ I also used this source to describe the cultivation theory which states that “recurrent patterns of television images are society’s primary source of socialization… and common conceptions of societal facts, norms, and values.” This information strengthened my paper because it showed that scientifically, we are both consciously and unconsciously influenced by the media, and this influence can have real world implications. This source is reliable and