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Celebrity Health Narratives and the Public Health

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We follow celebrities on Twitter and Facebook, watch them on television and read about them in supermarket checkout lines. With increasingly blurred lines between private and public life, our relationship with celebrities has never been so immediate, and their personal trials are news headlines and water cooler talk. Offering the first extensive look at celebrity health sagas, this book examines the ways in which their stories become our stories, influencing public perception and framing dialog about wellness, disease and death. These private-yet-public narratives drive fund-raising, reduce stigma and influence policy. Celebrities like Mary Tyler Moore, Robin Roberts, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Reeve - as well as 200 others included in the study - have left a lasting legacy of supporting health-related causes by turning their personal health struggles into public health narratives.

Author Biography:

Christina S. Beck is a professor in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University, USA. She is currently Second Vice-President of the National Communication Association. She lives in Athens, Ohio, USA. Stellina M. Aubuchon Chapman enjoys working with a diverse population of students through the broad reach of the online classroom as an adjunct professor for Ohio University and SUNY-New Paltz, USA. She has a strong background in health education and behavior modification. She lives in Ludlow, Kentucky, USA. Nathaniel Simmons is an assistant professor within the Department of Communication at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He lives in Athens, Ohio, USA. Kelly E. Tenzek is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Communication at SUNY Buffalo, USA where she researches and teaches content related to difficult conversations. She lives in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Stephanie M. Ruhl is an assistant professor of Health Communication in the Department of Communication Studies at Clemson University, USA. Her scholarship explores the communicative experiences of health and healing as individuals pursue possibilities, redefine hope, and cultivate community amidst vulnerability. She lives in Athens, Ohio, USA.
Release date Australia
August 30th, 2015
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
252
Dimensions
152x229x15
ISBN-13
9780786479719
Product ID
22840652

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