List of Contributors

Chapter 1: Introduction

Christina S. Beck, Ohio University (USA)

Section I: Framing of Health-Related Issues in Popular Culture

Chapter 2: Health Information in Popular Culture

Kimberly N. Kline, University of Texas at Austin (USA)

Amy L. Yoder, Independent Scholar (USA)

Brianna Yoder, University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)

Chapter 3: Mental Illness in Popular Culture

Heather Stuart, Queen’s University (Canada)

Chapter 4: Food in Popular Culture

Alane Presswood, Pace University (USA)

Chapter 5: Body Image in Popular Culture

Rokeshia Renne Ashley, Florida International University (USA)

Chapter 6: Sexual Health in Popular Culture

Jay Baglia, DePaul University (USA)

Chapter 7: Women’s Health in Popular Culture

Sarah LeBlanc, Purdue University Fort Wayne (USA)

Chapter 8: The Intersection of LGBTQ+ Identities and Popular Culture:

Examining the Stigmas, Stories and Social Realities of Mediated Health Discourses

Raffi Sarkissian, Christopher Newport University (USA)

Michaela D. E. Meyer, Christopher Newport University (USA)

Chapter 9: Death, Dying, and Palliative Care in Popular Culture

Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Aalborg University (Denmark)

Adriana Teodorescu, Babe?-Bolyai University (Romania)

Section II: Exploring Popular Culture Influences on Health Behaviors and Beliefs

Chapter 10: Popular Culture and Risky Health Behaviors

Alan DeSantis, University of Kentucky (USA)

Chapter 11: Misinformation about Health in Popular Culture

Weirui Wang, Florida International University (USA)

Yan Huang, University of Houston (USA)

Chapter 12: Popular Culture and Medical Errors/Adverse Events

Heather J. Carmack, Mayo Clinic (USA)

Chapter 13: Popular Culture and Pro-Health Choices

Diane B. Francis, Northeastern University (USA)

Marian Jaitto-Jeffrey, University of Kentucky (USA)

Chapter 14: Sports and Health Advocacy

Jimmy Sanderson, Texas Tech University (USA)

Chapter 15: Celebrities and Public Health Narratives

Christina S. Beck, Ohio University (USA)

Chapter 16: Social Media Influencers and Public Health Narratives

Leandra H. Hernandez, University of Utah (USA)

Stevie M. Munz, Utah Valley University (USA)

Section III:

Chapter 17: Entertainment-Education and Health Issues

Suruchi Sood, Johns Hopkins University (USA)

Farren Rodrigues, Johns Hopkins University (USA)

Chapter 18: Soap Operas and Health Awareness

Jennifer Walton, Radford University (USA)

Chapter 19: “Didn’t ring true for me”: Queering Breast Cancer, Graphic Medicine and Kimiko

Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir.

Sathyaraj Venkatesan, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (India).

Chapter 20: Popular Culture, Health Communication, and Media Literacy

Andrew Sutherland, Washington State University (USA)

Erica Weintraub Austin, Washington State University (USA)

Chapter 21: Medical Ethics, Health Communication, and Popular Culture

Evie Kendal, Swinburne University of Technology (Australia)

Section IV:

Chapter 22: Race, Ethnicity, Popular Culture, and Health Communication

Amanda R. Martinez, Davidson College (USA)

Chapter 23: Popular Culture and Health Communication across the Lifespan

Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, University of Arizona (USA)

Heather Gahler, University of Arizona (USA)

Jiaqi Zeng, University of Arizona (USA)

Section V

Chapter 24:

Suraj Arshanapally, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)

Chapter 25: Looking to the Future of Popular Culture and Health Communication

Theorizing and Advocacy

Elisia L. Cohen, University of Minnesota (USA)

Index