Grey’s Anatomy and Communication Accommodation: Exploring Aspects of Nonverbal Interactions Portrayed in Media

Abstract: This study explores nonverbal communication measured in a television medical drama using the NAAS framework for investigating doctor-patient interactions viewed through the lens of communication accommodation theory. It aims to find how doctors in the television series Grey’s Anatomy exhibit a select set of nonverbal communication elements to accommodate their fictional patients. Of significance, the study draws attention to the impact of televised medical programs on real-life doctor-patient encounters, focusing on under-researched aspects of communication in this context. Eight episodes of the series Grey’s Anatomy were coded for four nonverbal behaviors during physician consultations with a single patient in each program. Only the first and last minutes of conversation were included in the analysis. Descriptive statistics demonstrate how doctors and patients behave in general across all episodes. A factor calculated from differences of proportions between patient and physician b.... https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/3369

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Grey’s Anatomy and Communication Accommodation: Exploring Aspects of Nonverbal Interactions Portrayed in Media ; volume:7 ; number:1 ; day:28 ; month:06 ; year:2013 ; Interpersona ; 7, Heft 1 (28.06.2013)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Jason T. Mickel ; Shian-Li McGuire ; Shelley Gross-Gray

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ijpr.v7i1.95
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101418545833612370
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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