Exploring the Borderlands Between Media and Health: Approach to Health News in the Context of Critical Media Health Literacy

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 197 - 219, 15.02.2019

Yasemin Bilişli

Abstract

The individual can reach a
lot of information through the media in today's information society. However,
this information is sometimes in the form of information that is completely
contradictory, not proven. The situation in the health news published in the
newspapers is not different. In order for readers to be able to rely on the
accuracy of the information, they must be able to analyze these complex
messages and, first of all, be media literate. On the other hand, the critical
health literate should not be content with the information receives from the
newspapers and should seek the right information, interpret the information
obtained, must have the necessary knowledge. However, he can use the
information he acquired in this way to himself and those around him. In this context, the aim of the study is to, critical approach to health
news is evaluated in the context of critical media health literacy. General screening model was
used in the study. The study was discussed within the framework of the
relationship between the relevant literature and critical health literacy and
critical media literacy.
In this context, the relevant study
contributes to the literature on critical media health literacy.

Keywords

Health literacy, journalism, health mews, critical media health literacy, health communication

Medya ve Sağlık Arasındaki Sınırları Keşfetmek: Eleştirel Medya Sağlığı Okuryazarlığı Bağlamında Sağlık Haberlerine Yaklaşım

Abstract

Günümüz enformasyon
toplumunda birey medya kanalıyla birçok bilgiye ulaşabilmektedir. Ancak bu
bilgiler bazen birbiriyle tamamen çelişen doğruluğu kanıtlanmamış bilgiler
şeklindedir. Gazetelerde yayımlanan sağlık haberlerinde de durum bundan farklı
değildir. Okuyucu bilgilerin doğruluğuna güvenebilmesi için, bu karmaşık
mesajları analiz edebilmeli ve bunun için de öncelikle medya okuryazarı
olmalıdır. Öte yandan eleştirel sağlık okuryazarı bir birey; gazetelerden
aldığı bilgi ile yetinmeyerek doğru bilgiyi aramalı, elde ettiği bilgileri
yorumlamalı ve bunları kendisine ya da çevresindekilere kullanabilmesi için
gerekli bilgi birikimine sahip olmalıdır. Bu bağlamda
çalışmanın amacı, sağlık haberlerine eleştirel yaklaşımı, eleştirel medya sağlığı
okur-yazarlığı bağlamında değerlendirmektir. Çalışma genel tarama modeli
çerçevesinde, alana yönelik literatür araştırmasına dayalı olarak, eleştirel
sağlık okuryazarlığının, eleştirel medya okuryazarlığı ile ilişkisi ekseninde
tartışılmıştır. Bu bağlamda ilgili çalışma, eleştirel medya sağlığı
okuryazarlığına yönelik yazına katkıda bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

Sağlık okuryazarlığı, eleştirel medya sağlığı okuryazarlığı, sağlık haberleri, medya okuryazarlığı, sağlık iletişimi

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