The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication and Popular Culture (1) (Routledge Handbooks in Communication Studies)

By: Christina S. Beck

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Synopsis: The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication and Popular Culture offers rich insights into the ways in which communication about health through popular culture can become a part of healing, wellness, and health-related decisions.This Handbook allows readers to understand and consider messages that inform and influence health-related choices through pop culture in the public sphere. Written in an accessible narrative style and including interdisciplinary, global, and diverse perspectives, a vast team of contributing authors from the field explores the intersections between health communication and popular culture. The Handbook is divided into five parts: Framing of Health-Related Issues in Popular Culture; Exploring Popular Culture Influences on Health Behaviors and Beliefs; Considering Pro-Social Public Health Interventions in Popular Culture; Understanding Health Issues in Popular Culture from Diverse Perspectives; and Pop Culture and Health Communication: Looks to the Future.The Handbook will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of Communication Studies, Health Communication, Public Health Policy, Media Literacy, and Cultural Studies.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 392 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040266243
Related ISBNs:: 9781040266199, 9781032566184, 9781003436409
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 01/10/25
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Christina S. Beck
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Medicine, Communication
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: null Christina S. Beck