
Making Health Public: How News Coverage Is Remaking Media, Medicine, and Contemporary Life
by Charles L. Briggs
Title:
Making Health Public: How News Coverage Is Remaking Media, Medicine, and Contemporary Life
Author:
Charles L. Briggs
Edited by:
Daniel C. Hallin
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
290 pages, 7 Tables, black and white; 25 Halftones, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black and whi
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
ISBN-13:
9781032457741
EAN:
9781032457741
Classifications:
Linguistics
Weight (g):
602
Dimensions (mm):
154 x 233 x 20
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
This book examines the relationship between media and medicine. Drawing on insights from anthropology, linguistics, and media studies, it considers the fundamental role of news coverage in constructing wider cultural understandings of health and disease.










