Humor and Health in the Media: Raising the Question, Should Illness be Funny? (Routledge Research in Health Communication) - Tapa blanda

Johnson, Malynnda A.

 
9781032411989: Humor and Health in the Media: Raising the Question, Should Illness be Funny? (Routledge Research in Health Communication)
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ISBN 10: 1032411988 ISBN 13: 9781032411989
Editorial: Routledge, 2025

Sinopsis

Examining popular media portrayals of various health topics, this book offers a critical analysis of how those mediated messages can impact, for good or ill, people’s physical and mental health.

Looking specifically at how various depictions of health topics have both aided in the normalization of health topics such as neurodiversity and HIV while also critiquing the dissemination of misinformation on these same topics, this book offers insight into the ways in which humorous content can both help and hurt. The author draws on a critical analysis of popular media including shows, social media, and stand-up specials, as well as interviews with those who use humor within health settings, such as Red Nose Docs, comedians who focus on their own health issues.

This insightful study will interest scholars and students of health in popular culture as well as health communication, media studies, public health administration, and health policy.

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Acerca del autor

Malynnda A. Johnson (PhD, University of WI–Milwaukee, 2012) is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication. She primarily teaches health communication and media studies and various courses, including interviewing and counseling, persuasion, interpersonal communication, media criticism, and cross-cultural communication. She has authored three books on media representations of health topics, including her most recent examining humor's role in our health. Additionally, she is actively working within the medical field, training patient advocates and providers on ways to improve their communication when working with minority groups (specifically, neurodiverse and transgender populations). Both professionally and personally, her goal is to help all people feel their voices are heard and to help make difficult conversations less difficult.

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Routledge
Año de publicación
2025
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ISBN 10 
1032411988
ISBN 13 
9781032411989
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
214
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9781032406312: Humor and Health in the Media: Raising the Question, Should Illness be Funny? (Routledge Research in Health Communication)

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ISBN 10:  1032406313 ISBN 13:  9781032406312
Editorial: Routledge, 2024
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