“Television Can Damage your Health?”. Italian Doctors and Medical Drama: A Qualitative Approach

Daniela Cardini is associate professor in Television Studies at IULM University, Milan, where she coordinates the Degree Course in Communication, Media and Advertising. Her research focuses on the serial form in the media, in particular in television narratives and production. She has published several books and essays in journals and edited books, among which: La lunga serialità televisiva. Origini e modelli (Carocci 2004), Le serie sono serie (Arcipelago, Milano 2010), Long TV. Le serie televisive viste da vicino (Unicopli 2017), La canzone nelle serie tv (with Gianni Sibilla, Pàtron 2021), “Il telecinefilo. Il nuovo spettatore della Grande Serialità televisiva”, Between, 8 (2), 2014; “Serial contradictions. The Italian debate on television series”, SERIES - International Journal of Television Narratives, 2 (1), 2016.

Fabrizia Malgieri is research fellow at IULM University, Milan. Her research is focused on female representation in the media, in particular in video games and TV series. She has published the book La Casa di Carta - La Maschera della Rivoluzione (Edizioni Estemporanee, 2019) and several essays in journals and edited books, among which: “Di madri assenti e padri da redimere: la genitorialità nei videogiochi, tra rapporti disfunzionali e questioni di genere” in Normal People: Gender e generazioni in transito tra letteratura e media (Pàtron Editore, 2022). She regularly writes about video games in Il Corriere della Sera. She is President and Member of the Commission for the Cultural evaluation of video games at the Ministry of Culture - General Direction for Cinema and Audiovisuals.