Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 2, 317-327 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105306061190
© 2006 SAGE Publications

Developing a Critical Media Research Agenda for Health Psychology
Darrin Hodgetts
University of Waikato, New Zealand

Kerry Chamberlain

Massey University, New Zealand

This article outlines reasons why psychologists should concern themselves
with media processes, noting how media are central to contemporary life and
heavily implicated in the construction of shared understandings of health.
We contend that the present research focus is substantially medicalized,
privileging the investigation and framing of certain topics, such as the
portrayal of health professionals, medical practices, specific diseases and
lifestyle-orientated interventions, and restricting attention to social
determinants of health as appropriate topics for investigation. We propose
an extended agenda for media health research to include structural health
concerns, such as crime, poverty, homelessness and housing and social
capital.


Key Words: health • inequality • media • medicalization • poverty

-------------------
Problems/Questions? Send it to Listserv owner: [log in to unmask]


To unsubscribe, send the following message in the text section -- NOT the subject header --  to [log in to unmask]
SIGNOFF SDOH

DO NOT SEND IT BY HITTING THE REPLY BUTTON. THIS SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE LISTSERV AND STILL DOES NOT REMOVE YOU.

To subscribe to the SDOH list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] in the text section, NOT in the subject header.
SUBSCRIBE SDOH yourfirstname yourlastname

To post a message to all 1000+ subscribers, send it to [log in to unmask]
Include in the Subject, its content, and location and date, if relevant.

For a list of SDOH members, send a request to [log in to unmask]

To receive messages only once a day, send the following message to [log in to unmask]
SET SDOH DIGEST

To view the SDOH archives, go to: https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html