Abstract:
:This study looks at media portrayals of sexual health through the popular HBO television show Girls. This rhetorical criticism of Girls delineates two emergent narrative themes. First, the show repeatedly discusses human papillomavirus (HPV) in terms of its severity, but it oscillates in terms of representing the degree of significance. Second, the show frames the source of infection as more important than other concerns related to HPV. Ultimately, this analysis demonstrates that Girls perpetuates a problematic narrative plot structure related to issues of HPV transmission; it also provides a largely scientifically accurate portrayal of HPV and promotes open and frank discussions of sexual health. It is argued that mediated narratives, such as Girls, might have the potential to transform social attitudes and actions and should thereby garner attention from health communication scholars and public health advocates.
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Health Communjournal_title
Health communicationauthors
Rogers Bdoi
10.1080/10410236.2014.936338subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-01-01 00:00:00pages
83-90issue
1eissn
1041-0236issn
1532-7027journal_volume
31pub_type
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