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Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape: Perspectives from Developing Countries
Ravindra Kumar Vemula (Ed.)
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Hardback. Editor(s): Vemula, Ravindra Kumar; Gavaravarapu, SubbaRao M. Series: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTC; GTF; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
This book advances new understandings of how technologies have been harnessed to improve the health of populations; whether the technologies really empower those who use information by providing them with a choice of information; how they shape health policy discourses; how the health information relates to traditional belief systems and local philosophies; the implications for health communicators; how certain forms of silence are produced when media articulates and problematizes only a few health issues and sidelines others; and much more. The book brings together current research and discussions on the three areas of policy, practices and theoretical perspectives related to ... Read more
This book advances new understandings of how technologies have been harnessed to improve the health of populations; whether the technologies really empower those who use information by providing them with a choice of information; how they shape health policy discourses; how the health information relates to traditional belief systems and local philosophies; the implications for health communicators; how certain forms of silence are produced when media articulates and problematizes only a few health issues and sidelines others; and much more. The book brings together current research and discussions on the three areas of policy, practices and theoretical perspectives related to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319335384
SKU
V9783319335384
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About Ravindra Kumar Vemula (Ed.)
Ravindra Kumar Vemula is Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. His research interests are in development communication, health communication with special interest in HIV and AIDS, new media, communication policy and analysis. He has published extensively in indexed international journals and books. He is the co-chair of the HIV & AIDS and Communication ... Read more
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