The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication and Popular Culture

by Christina S. Beck (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032566184
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/23/2024
Series:	Routledge Handbooks in Communication Studies
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Christina S. Beck is a Professor in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University (USA) and Past-President of the National Communication Association and Central States Communication Association.

Table of Contents

1. Consequentiality of Popular Culture for Contemporary Health Communication  Part I: Framing of Health-Related Issues in Popular Culture  2. Popular Culture and Health Information  3. Mental Illness and Popular Culture  4. Food in Popular Culture  5. Popular Culture and the Oppositional Gazes of Black Women’s Bodies: Mister v. Celie  6. Sexual Health and Popular Culture  7. They Don’t Look Sick: Popular Culture and Women’s Health  8. The Intersection of LGBTQ+ Identities and Popular Culture: Examining the Stigmas, Stories, and Social Realities of Mediated Health Discourses  9. “Death Loves to Be Represented”: Death, Dying, and Palliative Care in Popular Culture  Part II: Exploring Popular Culture Influences on Health Behaviors and Beliefs  10. Hollywood’s Intoxicating Effects: A Qualitative Analysis of Alcohol Use in 50 Popular College Fraternity Films  11. Misinformation about Health in Popular Culture: The Prevalence, Influence, and Mitigation of Health Misinformation  12. Popular Culture and Medical Errors  13. Popular Culture and Pro-Health Choices  14. Sports and Health Advocacy  15. Celebrity Health Narratives and Implications for Public Conversations about Health  16. Social Media Influencers and Public Health Narratives  Part III: Considering Pro-Social Public Health Interventions in Popular Culture  17. Entertainment-Education and Health Issues  18. Soap Operas Raising Awareness of Physical and Mental Wellness  19. “Didn’t ring true for me”: Queering Breast Cancer, Graphic Medicine, and Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir  20. What Did I Just Watch? Media Literacy’s Relationship with Health Communication and Pop Culture  21. Medical Ethics, Health Communication, and Popular Culture  Part IV: Understanding Health Issues in Popular Culture from Diverse Perspectives  22. Race, Ethnicity, Popular Culture, and Health Communication  23. Popular Culture and Health Communication across the Lifespan  Part V: Pop Culture and Health Communication: Looks to the Future  24. Looking to the Future of Popular Culture and the Future of Public Health Interventions  25. Looking to the Future of Popular Culture and Health Communication Theorizing and Advocacy