{"product_id":"health-media-and-communication-gert-jan-de-bruijn-9783110775259","title":"Health, Media, and Communication","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving, maintaining, and\/or obtaining good health is one of the most frequently mentioned desires that people have. Although genetic and environmental factors play an important role in these lifestyles and diseases, it is also known that health-related information that people are exposed to through a variety of modalities and sources have a huge impact on people's health, health behaviours, and their acceptance of health-related policies, as recently demonstrated by the Covid-19 pandemic. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Handbook of \u003cem\u003eHealth, Media and Communication\u003c\/em\u003e presents a timely and up-to-date overview of the broad and substantial research efforts that have been invested in recent decades to understand how health communication affects health knowledge, perceptions, and discussion as well as health behaviours and, ultimately, health outcomes. The handbook is structured to reflect and address essential parts of the communication process: sender, content, medium, and recipient. In addition to providing a historical and contemporary overview, the handbook also acknowledges the novel challenges that emergent media present for health communication, such as infodemics and misinformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gert-Jan de Bruijn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110775255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110775259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Gert-Jan de Bruijn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199262314751,"sku":"9783110775259","price":290.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1fbfd1d-ad79-44a0-866f-223bf5526365.jpg?v=1727925536","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/health-media-and-communication-gert-jan-de-bruijn-9783110775259","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}