1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication and Popular Culture
1. Consequentiality of Popular Culture for Contemporary Health Communication
Christina S. Beck
Part I: Framing of Health-Related Issues in Popular Culture
2. Popular Culture and Health Information
Kimberly N. Kline, Amy L. Yoder, and Brianna Yoder
3. Mental Illness and Popular Culture
Heather Stuart
4. Food in Popular Culture
Alane Presswood
5. Popular Culture and the Oppositional Gazes of Black Women’s Bodies: Mister v. Celie
Rokeshia Renné Ashley
6. Sexual Health and Popular Culture
Jay Baglia
7. They Don’t Look Sick: Popular Culture and Women’s Health
Sarah LeBlanc
8. The Intersection of LGBTQ+ Identities and Popular Culture: Examining the Stigmas, Stories, and Social Realities of Mediated Health Discourses
Raffi Sarkissian and Michaela D. E. Meyer
9. “Death Loves to Be Represented”: Death, Dying, and Palliative Care in Popular Culture
Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Adriana Teodorescu
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
Alan D. DeSantis
11. Misinformation about Health in Popular Culture: The Prevalence, Influence, and Mitigation of Health Misinformation
Weirui Wang and Yan Huang
12. Popular Culture and Medical Errors
Heather J. Carmack
13. Popular Culture and Pro-Health Choices
Diane B. Francis and Marian Jaitto-Jeffrey
14. Sports and Health Advocacy
Jimmy Sanderson
15. Celebrity Health Narratives and Implications for Public Conversations about Health
Christina S. Beck
16. Social Media Influencers and Public Health Narratives
Leandra Hinojosa Hernández and Stevie Munz
Part III: Considering Pro-Social Public Health Interventions in Popular Culture
17. Entertainment-Education and Health Issues
Suruchi Sood and Farren Rodrigues
18. Soap Operas Raising Awareness of Physical and Mental Wellness
Jennifer L. Walton
19. “Didn’t ring true for me”: Queering Breast Cancer, Graphic Medicine, and Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir
Sathyaraj Venkatesan
20. What Did I Just Watch? Media Literacy’s Relationship with Health Communication and Pop Culture
Andrew D. Sutherland and Erica Weintraub Austin
21. Medical Ethics, Health Communication, and Popular Culture
Evie Kendal
Part IV: Understanding Health Issues in Popular Culture from Diverse Perspectives
22. Race, Ethnicity, Popular Culture, and Health Communication
Amanda R. Martinez
23. Popular Culture and Health Communication across the Lifespan
Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Heather Gahler, and Jiaqi Zeng
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
Suraj Arshanapally
25. Looking to the Future of Popular Culture and Health Communication Theorizing and Advocacy
Elisia L. Cohen
Biography
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.
