Telling the story of the opioid crisis: A narrative analysis of the TV series Dopesick.
Dopesick (2021) is the first TV series whose plot deals exclusively with the opioid crisis in the United States. The current study uses narrative analysis and framing theory to explore this series, discussing its portrayal of the people and themes involved in the opioid crisis. Our analysis found th...
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| description | Dopesick (2021) is the first TV series whose plot deals exclusively with the opioid crisis in the United States. The current study uses narrative analysis and framing theory to explore this series, discussing its portrayal of the people and themes involved in the opioid crisis. Our analysis found that although Dopesick attempts to portray multiple dimensions of the opioid crisis, its narrative oversimplifies the story in attributing the cause of the problem almost exclusively to Purdue Pharma and its director Richard Sackler, while downplaying other factors that contributed to the opioid crisis. Thus, the narrative in this TV series tends to offer simple explanations to a complex problem for which simple solutions are likely to be inadequate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a60649302e3244d0b6eddb103fe6bcd32024-04-11T05:31:57ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-01194e030168110.1371/journal.pone.0301681Telling the story of the opioid crisis: A narrative analysis of the TV series Dopesick.Joel Piqué-BuisanJosep-E BañosIrene Cambra-BadiiDopesick (2021) is the first TV series whose plot deals exclusively with the opioid crisis in the United States. The current study uses narrative analysis and framing theory to explore this series, discussing its portrayal of the people and themes involved in the opioid crisis. Our analysis found that although Dopesick attempts to portray multiple dimensions of the opioid crisis, its narrative oversimplifies the story in attributing the cause of the problem almost exclusively to Purdue Pharma and its director Richard Sackler, while downplaying other factors that contributed to the opioid crisis. Thus, the narrative in this TV series tends to offer simple explanations to a complex problem for which simple solutions are likely to be inadequate.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301681 |
| spellingShingle | Joel Piqué-Buisan Josep-E Baños Irene Cambra-Badii Telling the story of the opioid crisis: A narrative analysis of the TV series Dopesick. PLoS ONE |
| title | Telling the story of the opioid crisis: A narrative analysis of the TV series Dopesick. |
| title_full | Telling the story of the opioid crisis: A narrative analysis of the TV series Dopesick. |
| title_fullStr | Telling the story of the opioid crisis: A narrative analysis of the TV series Dopesick. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Telling the story of the opioid crisis: A narrative analysis of the TV series Dopesick. |
| title_short | Telling the story of the opioid crisis: A narrative analysis of the TV series Dopesick. |
| title_sort | telling the story of the opioid crisis a narrative analysis of the tv series dopesick |
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