Top Tweets for #PDoCMediaWatch
Spoiler alert - characters in novels should beware confiding in coma patients!
In crime fiction patients typically ‘wake up’ miraculously months later able to report everything you told them about a murder while they were unconscious.
#mediaMyths #PDoCMediawatch
Lovely event with independent bookshop, Griffin books
- talk by Oyinkan Braithwaite about her intriguing new novel, ‘Cursed Daughters’ & reflections on her earlier book: “My Sister the Serial Killer”.

Hello, I'm a long-term coma patient in a TV drama. I miraculously awake & make full recover apart from some memory loss which means:
- I can't remember my boyfriend so he needs to woo me (Romance)
- I can't remember my attacker so need hypnosis (MurderMystery)
#DramaStereotypes
#PDOCMediaWatch. Article here about recent huge controversy around a patient with a disorder of consciousness (not 'brain dead' - see also https://t.co/tyOy5XD2Sw)
How a family tragedy became an international incident & political battlefield
(+ example of 1 possible case study for the PhD scholarship @CardifJomec with me looking at journalists reporting end-of-life decisions, democracy, ethics & citizenship)
https://t.co/pDZ3MFKQTt
@OpenJusticeCoP @CDOCuk Anyone reading media reports of this case could usefully read the court judgment - just a few pages but more details & very clear explanation for the decision #PDOCMediaWatch
https://t.co/rRoRBxjtBw
A stereotypical image (young, blond, female, beauty, frozen in time for 4 yrs). Her eyes are open, but completely still & fixed. Reinforces false idea that blinking or roaming eyes must be a sign of consciousness ("Casualty", S22, Ep46) #PDOCMediaWatch

Lots of discussion re @BBCCasualty today re compelling portrayal of Covid crisis. A show with reputation for realism. Just viewed 2008 episode on vegetative state for #PDoCMediaWatch: showed decision challenges & misinterpretation of movements as emotional response but...(1/2)
@KitzingerCelia Anyone reading that should read the judgment from the Court of Appeal. Spot the differences! #PDoCMediaWatch
https://t.co/liFPe7O5n8
A pleasure to talk to @ABCaustralia's Rod Quinn today.
A thoughtful interviewer & plenty of space to explore issues. He asked probing questions without being confrontational or interrupting with 'but...." - allowing for (I hope!) an informative discussion #PDOCMediaWatch
Thanks!
We're live now discussing the vegetative state
https://t.co/NO2j9NSxUy
Thanks Macy, great thread. We've loved the course discussions #PDoCMediaWatch
For anyone considering joining the next run of the
"Culture, Coma & the Media" course register for further info & updates on when we'll run it again here:
https://t.co/GuhUOWxEPg
Finishing up the #PDoCMediaWatch course:
I am shocked by what I didn't know upon starting the course, and figured I would share two of my biggest takeaways (1/3)
Thanks Helen & to everyone who shared the journey on the "Culture, Coma & the Media" course #PDOCMediaWatch
Anyone who might be interested in joining us next time get further info & register for updates about next run here:
https://t.co/HaibLzOoZu
Completed the Culture, coma & the media course. Lots to take away, but key points:
Healthcare workers need to understand the perception the public has of coma, MCS, VS resulting from film, TV, the news. 1/4 #PDoCmediawatch
Completed the Culture, coma & the media course. Lots to take away, but key points:
Healthcare workers need to understand the perception the public has of coma, MCS, VS resulting from film, TV, the news. 1/4 #PDoCmediawatch
Working through @CDOCuk course on Culture, 'coma' & the media. It's so thought-provoking, especially this link to one man's art representing his sister's journey. #PDoCmediawatch
Revisiting this for #PDoCMediaWatch - a powerful 'graphic novel' account of losing a sister to devastating brain injury, beautifully & powerfully drawn. Few words but capturing such intensity
Finishing up the #PDoCMediaWatch course:
I am shocked by what I didn't know upon starting the course, and figured I would share two of my biggest takeaways (1/3)
@blampied_h @CDOCuk Thanks Trish, loved our discussion about what children learn about 'coma' from fairlytales & 'kids TV'. Anyone have other examples to share?
So important to think about support needs of children of parents in long term vegetative states #PDoCMediaWatch
2 firsts today : attending my first ‘flash zoom session’ which was also my first zoom that was ‘international’ as part of this excellent @CDOCuk course #pdocmediawatch #CPD
How is coma & the vegetative state represented in films and in the news?
What impact does this have on family + public understandings?
Join us for a free, online mini-course in July #PDoC
https://t.co/GuhUOWPgdQ

Just completed this great course. It was really interesting to consider PDOC from a different perspective and I enjoyed engaging with the module discussions. I definitely recommend it! #pdocmediawatch @CDOCuk
How is coma & the vegetative state represented in films and in the news?
What impact does this have on family + public understandings?
Join us for a free, online mini-course in July #PDoC
https://t.co/GuhUOWPgdQ

I finished the course #PDoCMediaWatch and found it sensational. Congratulations @JennyKitzinger and @CDOCuk for this initiative!
New find for #PDoCMediaWatch course: 'Bad Dream Coma computer game: nightmarish world from which the player must struggle to awake or ‘Neversong: Once Upon a Coma' where you “Help little Peet hack-and-slash his way though a beautifully haunting coma”.
Any other examples for us?
Our free online course starts Monday. Look forward to seeing you all soon.
Check out #PDoCMediaWatch for some of the resources we'll be exploring.
Really enjoyed our @cdocuk mini flash seminar this morning for the #PDOCMediaWatch course. Thank you!
Coupland said long-term comas (vegetative state) inspired him as an author: "I like the notion that comas can allow a person to radically reinvent themselves upon awakening. I think we all want to do that.” Mmm, VS as an opportunity! One issue explored in #PDoCMediaWatch course
Delighted to have 127 people already registered for this free course: healthcare professionals, media studies students, journalists++.
Look forward to the discussion within the course forum. We'll tweet too #PDoCMediaWatch.
Course starts Monday
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