A Content Analysis of A&E's Hoarders

<p>The interest in hoarding has peaked since its first clinical definition in 1996 and is evident by six television shows centered on the topic. This thesis reports the results a content analysis of two seasons (21 episodes) of the popular T.V. series A&E’s <em>Hoarders</em>. People rationalize hoarding in ways that both differ and overlap. Doctors, professional organizers, hoarders and their loved ones collectively frame hoarding as a medical and mental health problem. The results suggest that Americans’ perceptions of hoarding behavior has shifted from one that is deviant behavior to one that is medicalized.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Redwine, Samantha J

• hoarding
• hoarding disorder
• medicalization
• content analysis
• television
• deviance
• Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance
• Social Psychology and Interaction
• Sociology
• Sociology of Culture

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1208

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-2387