Health and the media
Media Futures research centre, Bath Spa University
Friday 22nd July 2010
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 â??health and the mediaâ?? 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
(healthandthemedia /at/ gmail.com) 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
