Health and the media symposium
Media Futures Research Centre, Bath Spa University
Friday 22nd July 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS
From news coverage of swine flu and MMR to the worldwide success of popular fiction such as House and ER, dynamic relationships between the media and health pose significant questions around citizenship, personal and social narratives of well-being, the body, and public understandings of health and disease. This one-day interdisciplinary symposium encourages exploration of ‘health and the media’ in terms of representation, journalistic news practices, audience and public engagements, and the role of emerging technologies.
We welcome papers presenting work-in-progress, published studies or preliminary research from scholars working in any related disciplines.
Suggested topics could include, but are not limited to:
• Representations of disease, dying and death
• The cultural politics of celebrity advocacy
• Public and health policy
• Representation and stigma (disability, mental health, etc.)
• New media and self diagnosis
• Metaphors of health
• Health communication (health promotion; social marketing)
• Medical (masculine) discourse and the media
• Makeover media and the body
• Trauma television
• Monstrous bodies
• Public understandings of illness and disease
• Representations of medical ethics
Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to [log in to unmask] by Friday 25th February 2011. Please include your name and contact details at the bottom of the abstract.
The keynote presentation will be by Professor Jenny Kitzinger, Cardiff University.
Symposium fees: £25 (£10 for Postgraduates)
For further symposium details on registration, venue, travel, etc. please visit the event website http://healthandthemedia.wordpress.com
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Dr Daniel Ashton
Senior Lecturer in Media Communications
Bath Spa University
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