Popular media and 'excessive daytime sleepiness': a study of rhetorical authority in medical sociology

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The article examines the influence of magazines, newspapers and the Internet on public health beliefs and behaviors, using the emergence of problem sleepiness in the US as a medical condition. Discussion focuses on how norms and deviations in sleep parameters are presented by the media and how these are interpreted and adopted by the public.

United States, Public opinion, Health behavior, Sleep disorders, Health attitudes, Mass media criticism, Health behaviour

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Narrativity and the mediation of health reform agendas

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The article examines how television coverage of health policy is interpreted and adopted by viewers in order to understand the reasons for and ramifications of healthcare reform. Studies were conducted on television viewers of lower socioeconomic status, who were shown television programs and then participated in focus group discussions.

New Zealand, Health care reform

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Healthy viewing: the reception of medical narratives

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Research indicates that television viewers affect a sophisticated interpretation and synthesis of televised health information that cannot be predicted solely by program content. Studies involved interviews with audiences who watched a medical drama, a soap opera, and/or a documentary.

Scotland, Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Health education, Human information processing

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