Health and the Media
Essays on the Effects of Mass Communication
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Journalism, Health & Well Being, Health
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781476625034 | |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | June 5, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781476625034 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Publication: | June 5, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Analyzing the relationship between medicine and the media from different perspectives, these new essays fill a gap in this emerging field, providing new information on approaches to health communication and important reevaluations of health literacy theories. The contributors discuss ideas and methodologies across a range of topics, including multifaceted health communication, media coverage of maternal health, the rhetoric of diagnosis in autoimmune illness, media representation of the sick in data-driven healthcare, and health news coverage in print media.
Analyzing the relationship between medicine and the media from different perspectives, these new essays fill a gap in this emerging field, providing new information on approaches to health communication and important reevaluations of health literacy theories. The contributors discuss ideas and methodologies across a range of topics, including multifaceted health communication, media coverage of maternal health, the rhetoric of diagnosis in autoimmune illness, media representation of the sick in data-driven healthcare, and health news coverage in print media.
