Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape

This book advances new understandings of how technologies have been harnessed to improve the health of populations; whether the technologies really empower those who use information by providing them with a choice of information; how they shape health policy discourses; how the health information relates to traditional belief systems and local philosophies; the implications for health communicators; how certain forms of silence are produced when media articulates and problematizes only a few health issues and sidelines others; and much more. The book brings together current research and discussions on the three areas of policy, practices and theoretical perspectives related to health communication approaches in developing countries, presenting well-researched and documented essays that will prove helpful for academic and scholarly inquiry in this area.

Ravindra Kumar Vemula is Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. His research interests are in development communication, health communication with special interest in HIV and AIDS, new media, communication policy and analysis. He has published extensively in indexed international journals and books. He is the co-chair of the HIV & AIDS and Communication Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu is Senior Scientist and Deputy Director at Indias National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, India. His research interests are in health, nutrition and food safety communication with special emphasis on social, behavioral and cultural aspects of communicative processes. His research and praxis have been integrating translational communication science with community-based approaches to promote health and nutrition in India. He has published extensively in indexed international journals and books. He is currently the Chair of Health Communication & Change Working Group of IAMCR.