The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication and Popular Culture

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