HSS 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Machismo, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Normative Social Influence

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2102
• Professor: Tien Nguyen

Document Summary

Mass communication and health: two perspectives of media in uence. Long-term exposure to media shapes our understanding of the world in ways that are consistent of how reality is portrayed in the media. Television has a normalizing effect (what is desired and accepted): rst and second-order effects. People actively choose certain types of media content to satisfy psychological and social needs: needs ful lled by the mass media concerning health: 1: entertainment, diversion, and tension release: divert our attention from the stress of. Information seeking: tv, radio, newspapers, magazines, social media everyday life: media use to ful ll social needs: helps foster connection with others (interpersonal needs), Social self : media usage, health portrayals, and health behaviours, unrealistic portrayals of health situations. Skewed perceptions of the healthcare practitioner and the medical practice. Reinforces stereotypes (ie. older adults, disabled, etc. : unhealthy role models and the promotion of unhealthy behaviours in advertising.