RT Journal Article
T1 Presence and representation of mental health in fiction TV series: King George in «Queen Charlotte» (Netflix, 2023).
A1 Pérez-Rufi, José Patricio
A1 Higueras-Ruiz, María José
K1 Personas con discapacidad - En los medios de comunicación social
K1 Series de televisión de historia alternativa
AB The representation of disabled people in TV series remains limited, and characterised by stereotypical portrayals. However, over the past decade VOD platforms have promoted a qualitative and quantitative increase in the production of series featuring such characters. This can be attributed to the enhanced visibility of mental health in contemporary society, as well as the obligation of television to serve as a reflection and socialisation instrument. This paper presents a review of the presence and representation of disability in television fiction series produced in the United States. The main objective of this research is to determine the mental health representation in the character of King George III in the TV series Queen Charlotte. A Bridgerton Story (Netflix, 2023). From a qualitative methodology, we review the related literature and conduct an in-depth textual analysis of the character as a person, role, and actant. Moreover, we examine the scenes which reveal the symptoms of the king’s mental health. The findings show the historical licences adopted by the fiction in favour of the narrative. The symptoms expressed by the king are indicative of a Bipolar I Disorder and Dissociative Identity Disorder: anxiety, verbiage, “races of thoughts,” and identity crisis. In conclusion, this representation stands out for a creative and effective purpose, rather than for being realistic. However, it contributes to the visibility of cognitive disability in contemporary audiovisual projects.
PB Universidad de Navarra
YR 2025
FD 2025-06-16
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39100
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39100
LA eng
NO Higueras-Ruiz, M.-J., & Pérez-Rufí, J.-P. (2025). Presence and representation of mental health in fiction TV series: King George in «Queen Charlotte» (Netflix, 2023). Communication & Society, 38(1), 94-109. https://doi.org/10.15581/003.38.1.009
NO This work has been supported by the Spanish State Research Agency through the project “Transmedialización e hibridación de ficción y no ficción en la cultura mediática contem-poránea (FICTRANS)”, Ref. PID2021-124434NB-I00, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/ 501100011033/FEDER Una manera de hacer Europa, Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023. Principal Researchers: Domingo Sánchez-Mesa Martínez and Juan Ángel Jódar Marín.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026