In the Light of Media

Mass miniature radiography surveys for tuberculosis in Sweden, c. 1940–1970

Bibliographic Data

ID12604694
AuthorsSolveig Jülich (0000-0003-2971-8721, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume22
Issue2
Pages201-216
Publication date2016-04-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-8804 • E-ISSN: 1469-9729
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13688804.2016.1161503
OpenAlexW2325917440
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

This paper aims to highlight the medical and medial relationships that were established and negotiated through the mass X-ray surveys for tuberculosis in Sweden from the early 1940s to 1970. In particular it focuses on three interrelated aspects. Firstly, it shows how mass miniature radiography was developed through the pairing of old X-ray technology with new photographic technology. Secondly, it demonstrates how the survey campaigns enabled connections between medical and media institutions and professional groups. Thirdly, it discusses how the mass surveys helped to create and mediate relations between doctors and patients, experts and lay people, sick and healthy people, participants and objectors. In conclusion, it argues that these three aspects together are crucial if we wish to understand the mediatisation of the medical sphere as well as the medicalisation of everyday life during the twentieth century

Everyday life · Mass media · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Biographical and Historical Analysis · Law · Philosophy, History, and Historiography · Visual Culture and Art Theory

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