Environment and health are two major issues that affect our well-being. In recent decades, educators, communicators, policy makers, and public health professionals have increasingly recognized the powerful role of the media in our understanding and decision making about environment and health. It shapes us about which environmental issues are important, what kinds of products and services will improve our environment and health status, and which policies will be able to solve environment and health problems. The proposed conference will advance our research frontier on the interplay of media, environment and health choices.
Objectives and Themes
The objectives of the conference are
- To bring together international scholars, educators and industry practitioners to share ideas about theories and practices to promote responsible environmental and health behaviours
- To bring different academic disciplines together to share theoretical insights and empirical evidence of current issues in media and health as well as environment. Scholars can represent a variety of disciplines including communication, marketing, anthropology, sociology, psychology, education, environmental science, public health, linguistics, and cultural studies.
Specifically, topics for this conference shall include (but are not restricted to)
- Environmental news reporting
- Environmental framing and media discourse
- Environmental promotion campaigns
- Food advertising and promotions among adolescents
- Food and consumer culture
- Social construction of beauty
- Culture and health
- Young people’s media production on health issues
- Public health campaigns
- Creativity in health messages
- Doctor patients communication
- Media and health education
Organizing Committee (list of members)
- Prof. Kara Chan (Chair) Department of Communication Studies
- Dr. Judy Siu (Member) David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies
- Dr. Dong Dong (Member) David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies
- Mr. Lennon Tsang (Member) Department of Communication Studies
Date
January 5-7, 2015
Place
School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Jacqueline Nivard (April 3, 2014). International conference on environment, health, and media. URBACHINA. Retrieved October 5, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/v2qr