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.

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.

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