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Media Discourses On Autonomy In Dying And Death, Christina Quinlan Jan 2009

Media Discourses On Autonomy In Dying And Death, Christina Quinlan

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THIS PAPER IS A SYNOPSIS of a research project designed to examine the representations of particular experiences of dying and death as represented in media consumed in Ireland. This media research is a small part of a large study commissioned by the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme, through the Irish Hospice Foundation. The large study, undertaken by a team of researchers from University College Cork and the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, was tasked with the development of an ethical framework for health-care practitioners on patient autonomy in end-oflife care. Patient autonomy at end-of-life is the degree of autonomy or control …


Hollywood Representations Of Irish Journalism: A Case Study Of Veronica Guerin, Pat Brereton Jan 2009

Hollywood Representations Of Irish Journalism: A Case Study Of Veronica Guerin, Pat Brereton

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This paper emanates from an interest in how the journalist profession is represented on film. This discussion is framed, broadly, by an effort to gauge the performative nature of journalists, from ‘hard-boiled’ press hacks to egomaniacal TV reporters, while situating the vocation within conventional media studies, which privileges political and ethical indicators like ‘the Fourth Estate’ or as ‘Public Watchdog’.