More and more women are searching the Internet for medical information. Women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer search for information and participate in online communities--groups that "gather" in established online spaces to interact about their diagnoses of breast cancer. They share their own struggles and emotions with their own language: the rhetoric of breast cancer. They ask questions, share experiences, create friendships, discuss their disease processes, and present their illness narratives. However, they also create ethical dilemmas for online researchers and privacy issues...
More and more women are searching the Internet for medical information. Women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer search for information and pa...
This book provides an alternative to narratives that privilege the biomedical perspective on women's invisible illnesses. The contributors include women who exude diversity as it relates to race and ethnicity, career, religious experience, education, social support, and interpersonal relationships.
This book provides an alternative to narratives that privilege the biomedical perspective on women's invisible illnesses. The contributors include wom...
This book takes a unique look at not only the presentation of disability in the media but also how image echoes impact individuals with disabilities and their identities and possible stigmatization. It provides an empirical analysis in the form of two case studies including primary research.
This book takes a unique look at not only the presentation of disability in the media but also how image echoes impact individuals with disabilities a...
This book utilizes an intersectional feminist approach to analyze reproductive and gendered violence against women across the Americas with case studies focusing on the Zika virus, reproductive feminicides, and the role of feminist activism in organizing against violence.
This book utilizes an intersectional feminist approach to analyze reproductive and gendered violence against women across the Americas with case studi...
This book provides critical feminist and communication insights into women's experiences of ovarian cancer. It argues for renewed critical examination of discourses around ovarian cancer diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and advocacy and reflections on how these discourses further hegemonic practices that undermine women's lived experiences.
This book provides critical feminist and communication insights into women's experiences of ovarian cancer. It argues for renewed critical examination...
This book uses multiple methods to consider flaws in the current regulation of direct-to-consumer advertising, using Merck's launch of Gardasil as a primary case study. It offers a specific way forward for both regulators of Big Pharma as well as scholars of mass communication.
This book uses multiple methods to consider flaws in the current regulation of direct-to-consumer advertising, using Merck's launch of Gardasil as a p...
