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The Handbook of Health Communication in the Global South
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Thomas Tufte, Vinod Pavarala, Eliza Govender (eds.)

Wiley (2027), xxix, 418 pp.

"This Handbook presents 27 chapters across four thematic sections, drawn from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Collectively, these chapters set out a rich collection of perspectives and research studies on how health communication is theorized, practiced, and contested in a variety of Global South c ... ontexts. Each section is structured around a clear thematic focus, yet together they set out to center critical, participatory, decolonial, and community-focused understandings that challenge prevailing paradigms in health communication. The first section—Critical Perspectives on Health Communication in the Global South—locates health communication in the historical and structural contexts of the Global South. Chapters from Latin American, African, and Asian perspectives revisit the conceptual and epistemological underpinnings of the field, questioning how colonial histories, neoliberalism, and biomedical hegemony inform scholarship and practice. Authors adopt strategies from systematic reviews of the literature in Latin America to ethnographic thought from Ethiopia and theoretical explication of the culture-centered approach. Essential preoccupations cutting across the section are decolonization of knowledge, the primacy of Indigenous voices, and building voice infrastructures to counter hegemonies of health. Whether discussing Chinese midwifery reforms, Indigenous ecologies of health in Latin America, or collaborative projects between North and South researchers, these chapters collectively argue for rethinking health communication as a project deeply embedded in struggles for justice and epistemic diversity. The second section—Participatory and Community-Centric Approaches to Health Communication—brings together grounded accounts of community-driven health communication, demonstrating how participatory practices reframe both health and communication. Case studies from across Brazil, South Africa, India, Malawi, and Tanzania focus on women, children, youth, and persons with disabilities. Theater and community media are discussed as key mechanisms for establishing dialogue, deconstructing taboos, and negotiating social norms on sexual and reproductive health, and maternal and child health as well as pandemic responses. Concepts like Ubuntu in South Africa and bem-viver in Brazil, and feminist praxis in India, demonstrate how locally embedded epistemologies enrich health communication for social transformation. The section highlights how marginalized populations assert agency, whether it is resisting donor-led interventions, forging new “healthy publics,” or amplifying youth voices, thereby situating participation not merely as methodology but as political praxis. Section three on Responses to Health Communication Challenges shifts to recent issues in health communication in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, offering empirica lcase studies on ageism, vaccine hesitancy, disinformation, digital health, and youth mental health. From the elderly people in El Salvador organizing against ageism, to Luhya epistemologies of epilepsy in Kenya and to COVID-19 disinformation spread, also in Kenya, the articles feature both some unique health-related vulnerabilities and innovative approaches to addressing them. Digital transformations are given special focus: how Kenyan mothers utilize AI-powered chatbots for postpartum depression, the emergence of China’s short video platforms such as Douyin, and the spread of health influencers in India. The findings demonstrate how cultural norms, structural inequalities, and trust influence attitudes and responses to health. Through their anchoring of lived experiences, the chapters resist a one-size-fits-all approach, rather providing contextually informed insights into how communities respond to pressing health emergencies. The concluding section of the Handbook—Decolonizing Methodologies for Health Communication—presents methodological developments toward decolonizing health communication scholarship. South Asian, African, and Indian Ocean Island contributions place center stage a range of participatory and culturally situated methods. Issues range from participatory transformative research with Indians and Pakistanis living with severe mental illness, LGBTQ+ healthcare communication experiences in India, and the application of mother tongues like Kreol Morisien in Mauritius during the time of COVID-19. African contributions discuss digital ethnographies of indigenous healing among Botswana, Ghanaian proverbs on community radio and their communicative functions, and refugee women’s narratives of exclusion in Nairobi. Collectively, these chapters highlight epistemic justice, linguistic inclusion, and resistance to hegemonic paradigms. They illustrate decolonial methods as not merely methodological decisions but moral obligations, aiming to reclaim voice and agency for subaltern groups and to remap the future direction of health communication scholarship." (Overview of the handbook, pages xxv-xxvi) more

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The Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication
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Sudeshna Roy (ed.)

Hoboken; Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2025), xxvi, 430 pp.

"This book offers an in-depth view of how intricate and intractable conflicts can be and how the communicative aspects of conflict are equally challenging. The author reviews and guides readers through classic and contemporary analysis in the field, providing a truly interdisciplinary work. Handbook ... more

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The Handbook on Religion and Communication
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Yoel Cohen, Paul A. Soukup (eds.)

Newark: Wiley Blackwell (2023), 571 pp.

"Divided into five parts, the Handbook opens with a state-of-the-art overview of the subject’s intellectual landscape, introducing the historical background, theoretical foundations, and major academic approaches to communication, media, and religion. Subsequent sections focus on institutional and ... more

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The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East

Joe F. Khalil, Gholam Khiabany, Tourya Guaaybess, Bilge Yesil (eds.)

New Jersey: Wiley Blackwell (2023), xvi, 550 pp.

"Rather than viewing the Middle East as a monolithic culture, this Handbook examines the diverse and multi-local characteristics of the region’s knowledge production, dynamic media, and rich cultures. It addresses a wide range of topics, including the evolving mainstream and alternative media, com ... more

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The Handbook of Media Education Research

Divina Frau-Meigs, Sirkku Kotilainen, Manisha Pathak-Shelat, Michael Hoechsmann, Stuart R. Poyntz (eds.)

Newark: Wiley (2021), 529 pp.

"Featuring contributions from a diverse range of internationally-recognized experts and practitioners, this timely volume discusses recent developments in the field in the context of related scholarship, public policy, formal and non-formal teaching and learning, and DIY and community practice. Offe ... more

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The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture

Jessica Retis, Roza Tsagarousianou (eds.)

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell (2019), xxi, 602 pp.

"The Handbook presents contributions from internationally-recognized scholars and researchers to strengthen understanding of diasporas and diasporic cultures, diasporic media and cultural resources, and the various forms of diasporic organization, expression, production, distribution, and consumptio ... more

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The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
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Karin Gwinn Wilkins, Thomas Tufte, Rafael Obregón (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), xii, 512 pp.

"This valuable resource offers a wealth of practical and conceptual guidance to all those engaged in struggles for social justice around the world. It explains in accessible language and painstaking detail how to deploy and to understand the tools of media and communication in advancing the goals of ... more

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The Handbook of Media Audiences

Virginia Nightingale (ed.)

Malden, Mass. et al.: Wiley Blackwell (2014), xiii, 540 pp.

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The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications

Janet Wasko, Graham Murdock, Helena Sousa (eds.)

Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2014), xiv, 611 pp.

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The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy

Robin Mansell, Marc Raboy (eds.)

Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), xiv, 579 pp.

"The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy offers insights into the boundaries of this field of study, assesses why it is important, who is affected, and with what political, economic, social and cultural consequences. Provides the most up to date and comprehensive collection of essays f ... more

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