Making Health Public: How News Coverage is Remaking Media, Medicine, and Contemporary Life

This book examines the relationship between media and medicine, considering the fundamental role of news coverage in constructing wider cultural understandings of health and disease. The authors advance the notion of 'biomediatization' and demonstrate how health knowledge is co-produced through connections between dispersed sites and forms of expertise. The chapters offer an innovative combination of media content analysis and ethnographic data on the production and circulation of health news, drawing on work with ... Read More

This book examines the relationship between media and medicine, considering the fundamental role of news coverage in constructing wider cultural understandings of health and disease. The authors advance the notion of 'biomediatization' and demonstrate how health knowledge is co-produced through connections between dispersed sites and forms of expertise. The chapters offer an innovative combination of media content analysis and ethnographic data on the production and circulation of health news, drawing on work with journalists, clinicians, health officials, medical researchers, marketers, and audiences. The volume provides students and scholars with unique insight into the significance and complexity of what health news does and how it is created. Read Less

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  	This is a digital edition of this title. Rent eBook (2 Options) 180 Day Rental: $28.60 (Expires Jan 11, 2025) 365 Day Rental: $33.80 (Expires Jul 15, 2025) Buy eBook Lifetime Access: $51.99 Title: Making Health Public by Charles L. Briggs; Daniel C. Hallin Publisher: Taylor & Francis Print ISBN: 9781138999879, 1138999873 eText ISBN: 9781317329862 Edition: 2016 1st edition Format: EPUB eBook	$28.60 Rent eBook This is a digital eBook Nothing will be shipped to you Works with web browsers and the VitalSource app on all Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Kindle Fire, iOS, and Android devices Most eBooks are returnable within 14 days of purchase Questions? See our eBook FAQ