Research Article

The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis

Number: 63 September 28, 2023
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The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis

Abstract

This study suggests that TV series about psychology will significantly trigger internet search interest in mental health. The study observed public digital interest of psychiatric disorders represented in TV series through Google Trends, a public database between 2019-2021. The present study explored the social impact of two TV series based on real stories and focused on psychological analysis. These serials were adapted from the novel Madalyonun İçi (2004). Kırmızı Oda (2020- ) exhibits the processes of psychotherapy, and Masumlar Apartmanı (2020- ) narrates the daily lives of individuals with psychiatric disorders. The terms searched in Google Trends such as “paranoid personality disorder,” “Cotard syndrome,” “panic attack,” “major depression,” “obsessive compulsive disorder,” “enuresis,” “disposophobia,” and “borderline personality disorder” were peaked about the story of these TV series. The findings showed that TV shows spurred substantial rises in internet searches of various social problems, such as psychiatric disorders.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Communication and Media Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

September 28, 2023

Publication Date

September 28, 2023

Submission Date

August 9, 2022

Acceptance Date

August 21, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Number: 63

APA
Özkent, Y. (2023). The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis. İletişim Kuram Ve Araştırma Dergisi, 63, 36-55. https://doi.org/10.47998/ikad.1159182
AMA
1.Özkent Y. The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis. İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi. 2023;(63):36-55. doi:10.47998/ikad.1159182
Chicago
Özkent, Yasemin. 2023. “The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis”. İletişim Kuram Ve Araştırma Dergisi, nos. 63: 36-55. https://doi.org/10.47998/ikad.1159182.
EndNote
Özkent Y (September 1, 2023) The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis. İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi 63 36–55.
IEEE
[1]Y. Özkent, “The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis”, İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi, no. 63, pp. 36–55, Sept. 2023, doi: 10.47998/ikad.1159182.
ISNAD
Özkent, Yasemin. “The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis”. İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi. 63 (September 1, 2023): 36-55. https://doi.org/10.47998/ikad.1159182.
JAMA
1.Özkent Y. The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis. İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi. 2023;:36–55.
MLA
Özkent, Yasemin. “The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis”. İletişim Kuram Ve Araştırma Dergisi, no. 63, Sept. 2023, pp. 36-55, doi:10.47998/ikad.1159182.
Vancouver
1.Yasemin Özkent. The Effect of Psychological Disease Portrayals in TV Series on Internet Searches: A Google Trends Based Analysis. İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi. 2023 Sep. 1;(63):36-55. doi:10.47998/ikad.1159182