Humor and health in the media : raising the question, should illness be funny? / by Malynnda A. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Malynnda A., author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge research in health communication ; 6.

Routledge research in health communication ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health in mass media.

Wit and humor in mass media.

Mass media--Psychological aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 194 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.

Biography/History:

Malynnda A. Johnson (PhD, University of WI-Milwaukee, 2012) is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication. She primarily teaches health communication and media studies and various courses, including interviewing and counseling, persuasion, interpersonal communication, media criticism, and cross-cultural communication. She has authored three books on media representations of health topics, including her most recent examining humor's role in our health. Additionally, she is actively working within the medical field, training patient advocates and providers on ways to improve their communication when working with minority groups (specifically, neurodiverse and transgender populations). Both professionally and personally, her goal is to help all people feel their voices are heard and to help make difficult conversations less difficult.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 16, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Johnson, Malynnda A. Humor and health in the media

ISBN:

9781040109526

1040109527

9781040109540

1040109543

9781003356745

1003356745

Publisher Number:

99996827863

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.