The aim of this book is to bring together the field of media studies with that of the sociology of
health and illness (SHI). As a sociologist concerned with health matters, becoming …

This study examines whether changing the way news stories report on health can induce
shifts in readers' perceptions of problems of obesity, diabetes, immigrant health, and …

The body of health journalism research literature remains scattered across various
disciplines and requires comprehensive understanding. This study aims to enhance …

One of the critical standards in quantitative, scientific research is the reliability of measures.
Most basically, reliability is the extent to which measurement error is absent from the data …

Prefaces can serve a variety of functions. We would like this one to speak in somewhat
personal terms about how we came up with the idea for and embarked on the creation of this …

OBJETIVO: Examinar críticamente la producción bibliográfica sobre la investigación
cualitativa en salud (ICS) en México. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Revisión de 128 trabajos …

La manera en la que los medios informativos encuadran la información puede influenciar
las percepciones sobre los asuntos públicos de las audiencias y, por ende, el desarrollo de …

Using a constructed week methodology, we analyzed media summaries for the type of
health discourse (health care delivery, disease-specific prevention, lifestyle risk factors …

We conducted a content analysis of newspaper editorials on the Middle East respiratory
syndrome outbreak in Korea. Subject matter, social and personal efficacy information, and …

Objectives. This study investigated how media coverage has portrayed diabetes as
newsworthy. Methods. The quantitative component involved tabulating diabetes coverage in …