[ecrea] CFP - Health and the media

> 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 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, etcc.)
> ?       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
>
> -------------------
> Dr Daniel Ashton
> Senior Lecturer in Media Communications
> Bath Spa University

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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