Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape

1. Introduction
Ravindra Kumar Vemula, SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu

Part I. Health Communication: Discourses from Tradition to Modernity

2. Witchcraft and the Moral Philosophy of Ubuntu Are Entangled: Implications for HIV/AIDS Communication in South Africa
Colin Chasi

3. Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Communication in Mainland China and Hong Kong
Patchanee Malikhao

Part II. Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape

4. Sexual Health in Changing Media Scenarios in Russia
Elizaveta Golousov, Dmitry Strovsky

5. Digital Technology and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Kenya
Nancy Muturi

6. The Role of mHealth in India: Understanding the Future Ramifications for Community Empowerment
Ravindra Kumar Vemula

Part III. Framing of Health in Media

7. Media and Public Health Communication at the Grassroots: Village Cinemas and HIV Education in Papua New Guinea
Verena Thomas, Mark Eby

8. No News is Bad News: Examining the Discourse Around Hugo Chávez’s Illness
Carolina Acosta-Alzuru

9. The Forms of Silence: Media Coverage on Neglected Diseases in Brazil
Raquel Paiva, Igor Sacramento

Part IV. Emerging Issues

10. Of Bulging Bellies and Slimming TVs: Television and Nutrition Transition in India
SubbaRao M. Gavaravarapu

11. Exploring Individual, Cultural and Structural Components of Health Communication Programs: A Gender Integrative Approach
Saumya Pant, Manisha Pathak-Shelat, Aanchal Sharma, Pradeep Krishnatray

12. Covering the Last Mile: A Challenge in Health Communication in India?
Arbind Sinha

Nyckelord: Cultural and Media Studies, Media and Communication, Communication Studies, Regional Development, Public Health, Cultural Theory, Cultural History