End Well Project / USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project
Death on Television
Rebecca Pardo, PhD, Tracy Wheeler, Shoshana Ungerleider, MDParticipants, Audience, Diversity / Inclusion
Report
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End Well Project / USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project
Participants, Audience, Diversity / Inclusion
Report
Original quantitative and qualitative research including: a keyword analysis of end-of-life related scripted TV and film content from 2010-2020; a character analysis that investigated age, gender, race, and cause of death of scripted characters; and interviews with industry creatives to understand their attitudes and experiences regarding end-of-life storytelling. Media anthropologist Rebecca Pardo synthesized the findings and conducted an analysis of relevant scholarly research to contextualize these insights within a broader body of knowledge.