Introduction: Entertainment-Education Behind the Scenes

Frank, Lauren B.; Falzone, Paul

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“…Third, several experts pointed out that the problem they had with the show’s suicide storytelling approach was its lack of a viable alternative, misleading young audiences to believe that adults do not care, peers are cruel, and the only solution to their struggles was to take their own lives ( 75 ). Also, as Kaufman ( 69 ) reported, “A lot of kids who had seen it were really focusing on the positive message — “I realize that even the little things I do can affect people and I think I’m more conscious of my behavior now.” But when I would follow up, asking them what they could do as a positive action, a lot of them said they were not sure and wish they knew.” Decades of evidence-based practices in entertainment-education worldwide have demonstrated the power of positive behavioral modeling through relatable characters and emotionally engrossing plots that can motivate and inspire the audiences to change their attitudes, beliefs, and actions ( 9–11 ). Transmedia edutainment is an innovative strategy for narrative engagement across different planforms ( 92 , 93 ).…”

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Challenges with using popular entertainment to address mental health: a content analysis of Netflix series 13 Reasons Why controversy in mainstream news coverage

Wang,

Yue,

2023

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundMental health conditions and psychiatric disorders are among the leading causes of illness, disability, and death among young people around the globe. In the United States, teen suicide has increased by about 30% in the last decade. Raising awareness of warning signs and promoting access to mental health resources can help reduce suicide rates for at-risk youth. However, death by suicide remains a taboo topic for public discourse and societal intervention. An unconventional approach to address taboo topics in society is the use of popular media.MethodWe conducted a quantitative content analysis of mainstream news reporting on the controversial Netflix series 13 Reasons Why Season 1. Using a combination of top-down and bottom-up search strategies, our final sample consisted of 97 articles published between March 31 and May 31, 2017, from 16 media outlets in 3,150 sentences. We systematically examined the news framing in these articles in terms of content and valence, the salience of health/social issue related frames, and their compliance with the WHO guidelines.ResultsNearly a third of the content directly addressed issues of our interest: 61.6% was about suicide and 38.4% was about depression, bullying, sexual assault, and other related health/social issues; it was more negative (42.8%) than positive (17.4%). The criticism focused on the risk of suicide contagion, glamorizing teen suicide, and the portrayal of parents and educators as indifferent and incompetent. The praise was about the show raising awareness of real and difficult issues young people struggle with in their everyday life and serving as a conversation starter to spur meaningful discussions. Our evaluation of WHO guideline compliance for reporting on suicide yielded mixed results. Although we found recommended practices across all major categories, they were minimal and could be improved.ConclusionDespite their well intentions and best efforts, the 13 Reasons Why production team missed several critical opportunities to be better prepared and more effective in creating social impact entertainment and fostering difficult dialogs. There is an urgent need to train news reporters about established health communication guidelines and promote best practices in media reporting on sensitive topics such as suicide.

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Challenges with using popular entertainment to address mental health: a content analysis of Netflix series 13 Reasons Why controversy in mainstream news coverage

Wang,

Yue,

2023

Front. Psychiatry

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“…Apart from hedonic values, there is a trend suggesting that popular media content can facilitate self-transcendence and yield pro-social outcomes ( Janicke and Oliver, 2017 ; Oliver et al, 2018 ; Clayton et al, 2021 ). Echoing this trend, this study particularly investigated the potential social implications of sci-fi, a genre that has gained worldwide popularity, and provide preliminary evidence on how it correlates with people’s tendency to transcend their subordinate social identities, thereby highlighting the pro-social aspects of entertainment narratives ( Papa and Singhal, 2009 ; Frank and Falzone, 2021 ). Beyond previous researches, we conceptualized sci-fi as a gerne of humanity, and extended the scope of narrative persuasion literature from the effect of specific storytelling to the metanarrative of a genre in general, and from immediate effect to accumulated effect.…”

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Can science fiction engagement predict identification with all humanity? Testing a moderated mediation model

Zhou

Zhang

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Identification with all humanity (IWAH) is viewed as a critical construct that facilitates global solidarity. However, its origins have rarely been explored in previous literature, and no study has yet investigated the role of pop-culture in cultivating IWAH. To address this gap, this study initially focuses on science fiction (sci-fi), a specific pop-culture genre with worldwide audiences, and examines its effect on IWAH. It hypothesized a direct association between sci-fi engagement and IWAH from the narrative persuasion approach, and an indirect association via abstract construal based on the cognitive-literary approach. Moreover, the moderating role of actively open-minded thinking (AOT) in the direct and indirect association was also assessed. Results were obtained through a cross-sectional survey conducted in China (n = 570) and showed that sci-fi engagement was positively associated with IWAH; this association was also partially mediated by abstract construal. Interestingly, and inconsistent with our hypotheses, AOT positively moderated the indirect effect but negatively moderated the direct effect. Theoretical and practical implications for cultivating IWAH from the media and pop-cultural perspective were discussed.

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“…While accreditation agencies and institutions have called for graduate medical education (GME) anti-racist curricular content, there is a dearth of published interventions and evaluation for effective and scalable curricula that balance the need to address this potentially sensitive content area with psychological safety among trainees [5]. One promising educational technique, coined entertainment education or edutainment, involves the incorporation of educational content into entertainment content [7]. Sometimes edutainment is developed primarily for educational purposes, such as Sesame Street, although for adult audiences in the U.S. Edutainment more often involves including educational storylines in popular television programs or movies [7].…”

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“…One promising educational technique, coined entertainment education or edutainment, involves the incorporation of educational content into entertainment content [ 7 ]. Sometimes edutainment is developed primarily for educational purposes, such as Sesame Street, although for adult audiences in the U.S. Edutainment more often involves including educational storylines in popular television programs or movies [ 7 ].…”

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Utilizing Television Clips for Graduate Medical Education Anti-racist Curricula: An Acceptability Study

Hoffman¹,

Sidani²,

Jonassaint³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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IntroductionRacism is a pervasive social problem that influences medicine, highlighting the need for interventions. One promising educational technique, referred to as edutainment, utilizes clips from television shows as an instructive strategy. The objective of this study was to examine the acceptability of edutainment around anti-racist curricula for residents. MethodsWe conducted a survey of underrepresented in medicine (URM) medical faculty to inform content for subsequent focus groups with medicine, psychiatry, and pediatrics residents. For the survey, URM faculty were randomly assigned to view four of eight clips and responded to close-and open-ended items. Focus group participants viewed selected clips and provided feedback. All study procedures occurred in 2020-2021. We calculated descriptive statistics for close-ended survey items and employed thematic analysis for openended items and focus group transcripts. ResultsTwelve URM faculty completed the survey. Feedback was uniformly positive so we included all eight clips in the resident focus groups. For each of the three participating specialties, we conducted two focus groups (2-11 participants each, total n=25) with participants viewing four of the eight clips. Analysis of focus group transcripts found that participants were receptive to the edutainment approach. Feedback as to the realism and acceptability of certain clips differed by specialty. Triangulation of survey and focus group results found differences in the acceptability of specific clips between residents and faculty. ConclusionEdutainment with medical television shows may be a promising avenue for anti-racist curricular content for residents. The educational methods described here are being incorporated into a multi-pronged, hospital system wide graduate medical education anti-racist curriculum.

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Introduction: Entertainment-Education Behind the Scenes

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

Challenges with using popular entertainment to address mental health: a content analysis of Netflix series 13 Reasons Why controversy in mainstream news coverage

Challenges with using popular entertainment to address mental health: a content analysis of Netflix series 13 Reasons Why controversy in mainstream news coverage

Can science fiction engagement predict identification with all humanity? Testing a moderated mediation model

Utilizing Television Clips for Graduate Medical Education Anti-racist Curricula: An Acceptability Study

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