Health needs and right to communication in times of mediatization

Authors

  • Tatiana Breder Emerich Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva. Vitória, Brasil.
  • Aline Guio Cavaca Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva. Vitória, Brasil.
  • Victor Gentilli Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Territorialidades. Vitória, Brasil.
  • Adauto Emmerich Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva. Vitória, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v10i4.1065

Keywords:

health communication, mass media, public health, Sistema Único de Saúde (unified health system).

Abstract

The contemporary world is characterized by a mediatic society in which the media has influence on all the social spheres, including the health. In this scenario, interests, institutions and actors are included as parts of the process that produces the news. From the dialogues between the field of communication & health (C & S) and the field of collective health, it is understood that the right to communication is inextricably linked to the right to health. Thereby, the diffusion of health needs by media should correspond to the main specific demands for health from the population of a territory. Therefore, this article aims to discuss the non-dissemination by media of the health needs and to reflect on the right to communication as a fundamental social right to full sense of citizenship and a guarantee of the right to health in the context of a mediatic society.

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Published

2016-12-22

How to Cite

Emerich, T. B., Cavaca, A. G., Gentilli, V., & Emmerich, A. (2016). Health needs and right to communication in times of mediatization. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v10i4.1065

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2016)

Section

Original articles

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