Center for Media + Health

03/05/2016

A research team from our Center and the University of Georgia with fellows Jeanine Guidry, Dr. Yan JIn and Dr. Marcus Messner presented the study "Vaccine Misinformation on Pinterest" at the International Public Relations Research Conference in Miami yesterday.

02/12/2016

And it's a wrap. Thanks to our awesome Center team for putting another Media+Health Symposium at VCU on the books!

02/12/2016

The team after a successful third annual Media+Health Symposium

02/12/2016

More excellent presentations during the second research panel of the day.

02/12/2016

02/12/2016

Early images of today's Media and Health Symposium at The Robertson School of Media & Culture

02/12/2016

Getting ready to start the first session of the Media+Health Symposium!

Welcome and Teaching Panel on “Global Health and Social Media” Posted on February 10, 2016 by Marcus Messner Reply Watch the opening of the Media+Health Symposium and a teaching panel at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 12 (U.S. Eastern Time). The live stream will become available in this post at that time. Post y…

02/10/2016

JUST TWO MORE DAYS! Our Center for Media+Health at Virginia Commonwealth University will hold its third Media+Health Symposium on Friday (Feb. 12) and we would like to invite you to join the discussions with health communication scholars and professionals. This year’s Symposium has the theme “Health on the Move: Communicating Health Issues through Mobile and Social Media” and will feature scholarly and professional presentations. See the program and all details on the Symposium website: http://rampages.us/mediahealthsymposium/2016/02/04/interact-with-our-symposium-on-feb-12/

Interact with our symposium on Feb. 12 Posted on February 4, 2016 by Marcus Messner Our Center for Media+Health at Virginia Commonwealth University will hold its third Media+Health Symposium on Feb. 12 and we would like to invite you to join the discussions with health communication scholars and pro…

02/04/2016

The Center for Media+Health in the Robertson School will hold its third Media+Health Symposium on Friday, Feb. 12, and would like to invite you to join the discussions with health communication sch...

02/04/2016

Our Center for Media+Health at Virginia Commonwealth University will hold its third Media+Health Symposium on Feb. 12 and we would like to invite you to join the discussions with health communication scholars and professionals. This year’s Symposium has the theme “Health on the Move: Communicating Health Issues through Mobile and Social Media” and will feature scholarly and professional presentations. See the program and all details on the Symposium website: http://rampages.us/mediahealthsymposium/2016/02/04/interact-with-our-symposium-on-feb-12/

01/29/2016

Join us at noon EST today - Friday, January 29 - for a Google Hangout with Dr. Jensen Moore about social media and mourning. You can join the Hangout here: http://www.vcucmh.org/speaker-series/ and tweet questions for Dr. Moore using

01/27/2016

Center graduate researcher Jeanine Guidry gave an interview to Forbes about one of her latest studies published in Vaccine: http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2016/01/27/health-misinformation-on-pinterest-instagram-and-visual-social-media/

Pinterest, the same site that is bringing you a picture of a baby wearing a bra as a diaper and quotes such as “spend your life doing strange things with weird people,” is apparently serving as a way for people to exchange information about health. How accurate is health information on Pinterest and…