Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine最新文献

In the fields of healthcare and education, comics have shown considerable academic and teaching importance, with their combination of text and images. As a well-known character in comics, Batman allows us to discuss several relevant topics, from the outcomes in adulthood of experiencing parental death in childhood to genetic and epigenetic changes that may be factors of vulnerability to psychiatric disorders in adulthood. In this text, a narrative of Batman is developed, demonstrating the possibility of using it in an academic context and intending at paying greater attention to patients' history and the relationship between genetics and behaviour.

Positioning this essay at intersection of comics studies, visual literacy studies, and information literacy studies, we investigate an interdisciplinary liaison between crisis in the age of COVID-19 and its awareness campaign through Indian comics. With a focus on awareness programme, Indian artists designed comics to demonstrate their vital position in social engagement through this visual medium. Following impending threats and growing concerns, people of all ages glued themselves to social media, newspapers, and television to keep them updated on the impact of COVID-19. Indian comics e.g. Nagraj Strikes: The Attack of Coronaman (2020), Priya's Mask (2020), Kids, Vaayu, and Corona: Who Wins the Fight? (2020), and 'Be aware of Droplets & Bubbles!!' (2020) aimed to help children comprehend the precautionary steps to be taken to save themselves from getting infected with Coronavirus. While the first three comics showcase spit-bubbles primarily as the source of COVID-19, infusing the content with a tinge of superhero fantasy, 'Be aware of Droplets & Bubbles!!' (2020) unveils the microbiological evolution and mutation of the pathogen in comics format. The objective of the article is to show how Indian comics on COVID-19 can be an advantageous communicative medium to nurture knowledge and edutainment in post-infection India.

The health communication strategy known as entertainment-education can be traced in large part to Miguel Sabido and the methodology he developed using telenovelas in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s. Entertainment-education has evolved from a long-running narrative approach using traditional media to the addition of new media and transmedia formats. In recent years, entertainment-education programs using social media have increased, yet few studies have explored the shared characteristics and experiences of social media users who engage with these programs. This qualitative study aimed TO examine publicly available social media data (i.e. YouTube and Instagram comments) in response to Girlsplained, an online entertainment-education program designed with objectives related to sexual health and HIV prevention among Black, Asian, and minority ethnic women in the United Kingdom. A process of directed content analysis uncovered five themes of engagement: characters and the narrative; social media; gender and race; HIV/PrEP; and sex and pregnancy prevention.

COVID-19's ongoing, protracted visitation has prevented due acknowledgement of efforts to control it, particularly those of the medical workers who volunteered to serve on the frontlines, disregarding uncertainty and personal risk, in the early days when the consequences of exposure were unknown. This artwork seeks to memorialise the diligence, selflessness, and professional commitment of the medical community in a time of extraordinary difficulty. Referencing historical patterns of iconography, this graphic imagery proposes a modernised representation of bravery by interweaving narratives of equality, inclusivity, humour and optimism, to recognise the unnamed many who helped make the world a safer place.