Handbook of research on cyberchondria, health literacy, and the role of media in society's perception of medical information / Hacer Aker, and Mary Patricia Aiken, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aiken, Mary Patricia, editor.

Aker, Hacer, editor.

Series:

Advances in media, entertainment, and the arts (AMEA) book series.

Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts (AMEA) Book Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health--Computer network resources.

Health.

Medicine--Computer network resources.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

35 PDFs (436 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, [2022]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book addresses cyberchondria, health literacy, and the role of media on society's perception of medical information through an interdisciplinary approach, combining the social and humanities, communication sciences and medical science on a horizontal plane, enabling the collection of different perspectives on the concept of cyberchondria at the international level"

Contents:

Section 1. The public good, cybercrime, and cybersecurity in an age of pandemic. Chapter 1. What is the "public good" in a pandemic? who decides?: policy makers and the need for leadership in society's perception of medical information ; Chapter 2. Cyberchondria, coronavirus, and cybercrime: a perfect storm ; Chapter 3. Cybersecurity and privacy in the age of the pandemic

Section 2. The digitisation of healthcare: patient, medical student, and clinical perspectives. Chapter 4. The digitisation of healthcare in a global pandemic: implications for healthcare quality from patient, clinician, and provider perspectives ; Chapter 5. The impact of medical or health-related internet searches on patient compliance: the Dr. net study ; Chapter 6. Cyberchondria and medical student syndrome: an anxious path to be an anxiety healer?

Section 3. Treatment of cyberchondria: from cognitive behavioural therapy techniques to self-help therapeutic tools. Chapter 7. Cognitive behavioral perspective on the conceptualization and treatment of cyberchondria ; Chapter 8. Mindful use of facebook as a self-help therapeutic tool in psychological settings ; Chapter 9. A solution focused consideration of cyberchondria ; Chapter 10. Cyberchondria in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic

Section 4. The COVID-19 pandemic: research, analysis, policy, and practice. Chapter 11. A systematic analysis of current studies (2021) in the field of cyberchondria ; Chapter 12. The impact of COVID-19 on educational leader wellbeing ; Chapter 13. Cyberchondria during the COVID-19 pandemic: an Indian perspective

Section 5. Health literacy, digital literacy, and information seeking. Chapter 14. A study determining the health literacy levels of young adults during COVID-19 ; Chapter 15. Health literacy and cyberchondria ; Chapter 16. The relationship between digital literacy and cyberchondria

Section 6. Health journalism, the role of media, digital communication, and the knowledge gap. Chapter 17. Health journalism and representation of campaign news of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients ; Chapter 18. New media and digital paranoia: extreme skepticism in digital communication ; Chapter 19. Social media and the knowledge gap: research on the appearance of COVID-19 in Turkey and the knowledge level of users.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-7998-8633-6

1-7998-8632-8

OCLC:

1288210637