University of California, San Francisco, United States.
University of California, San Francisco, United States.
Contraception. 2020 Dec;102(6):421-423. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2020.08.012. Epub 2020 Sep 6.
To compare differences in televised abortion depictions from two time periods: 2005 to 2014, as examined in previous studies, and more recent depictions from 2015 to 2019.
Using a database of television abortion plotlines, we analyzed recent portrayals for character demographics, barriers, genre, and safety, calculated proportions, and compared to prior findings.
While recent portrayals shift towards reflecting some demographics of U.S. abortion patients, people of color, low-income people, and parents remain under-portrayed. Compared to prior depictions, recent plotlines are more likely to inaccurately depict abortion as easier to access than it is for the majority of U.S. abortion patients. However, recent depictions are also less likely to depict exaggerated and inaccurate medical complications of abortion. Abortion plotlines are increasingly appearing on comedies.
Despite progress, there remain important ways television could improve abortion depictions.
Content creators should continue to consider diversity, nuance, and medical and demographic accuracy in depicting abortion.
比较两段时期的电视堕胎描述之间的差异：之前研究中检查的 2005 年至 2014 年，以及 2015 年至 2019 年的近期描述。
使用电视堕胎情节数据库，我们分析了最近的角色人口统计学、障碍、类型和安全性描述，计算了比例，并与之前的发现进行了比较。
尽管最近的描述倾向于反映美国堕胎患者的一些人口统计学特征，但有色人种、低收入人群和父母的形象仍然被低估。与之前的描述相比，最近的情节线更有可能不准确地描述堕胎比大多数美国堕胎患者更容易获得。然而，最近的描述不太可能夸大和不准确地描述堕胎的医疗并发症。堕胎情节越来越多地出现在喜剧片上。
尽管取得了进展，但电视在堕胎描述方面仍有很大的改进空间。
内容创作者应继续在描述堕胎时考虑多样性、细微差别以及医学和人口统计学的准确性。
