In today's society the term “health” becomes increasingly comprehensive and linked to the concept of wellness. People live the issue of health as a cogent and daily problem and become active, therefore they need information and one of the most important instruments through which they manage to get them is the media system. This persistent question coincides with abundance of health issues, but the richness of themes, even very specific, makes people confused and could become a blurred background noise in which it is difficult to find what you are looking for and to understand what it is actually useful, reliable and correct. The communication about drugs stands in this context: pharmaceutical companies are not only using direct instruments to communicate (advertising for products when is permitted by law or scientific information), but also "indirect tools” as mass media, which include the presence of intermediaries, especially journalists. The research seeks to identify the instruments used by pharmaceutical industry to communicate and secondly to analyze the representation of the theme of health and medicine in media.
Nella società odierna il termine “salute” assume una valenza sempre più omnicomprensiva e legata al concetto di benessere. L’individuo vive la questione della salute come un problema cogente e quotidiano e si dimostra attivo, ha però bisogno di informazioni e uno degli strumenti più importanti attraverso cui riesce a ottenerle sono proprio i media. A questa domanda così insistente corrisponde effettivamente una elevata offerta relativa ai temi della salute, ma l’abbondanza di contenuti, anche molto specifici, rende i cittadini disorientati e rischia di divenire un indistinto rumore di fondo in cui risulta difficile trovare ciò che interessa e comprendere cosa sia effettivamente utile, affidabile e corretto. In questo contesto si inserisce la comunicazione sul farmaco: le aziende farmaceutiche non utilizzano più solo strumenti diretti per comunicare (la pubblicità per i prodotti e verso chi è concesso dalla legge o l’informazione scientifica sul farmaco), ma anche mezzi “indiretti” come i mass media, che contemplano la presenza di intermediari, soprattutto giornalisti. La ricerca si occupa quindi da un lato di individuare gli strumenti utilizzati dall’industria farmaceutica per comunicare e dall’altro di analizzare le modalità di rappresentazione del tema della salute e del farmaco nei media.
La comunicazione della salute e del farmaco in Italia
Cicchirillo, Mara
2011
Abstract
In today's society the term “health” becomes increasingly comprehensive and linked to the concept of wellness. People live the issue of health as a cogent and daily problem and become active, therefore they need information and one of the most important instruments through which they manage to get them is the media system. This persistent question coincides with abundance of health issues, but the richness of themes, even very specific, makes people confused and could become a blurred background noise in which it is difficult to find what you are looking for and to understand what it is actually useful, reliable and correct. The communication about drugs stands in this context: pharmaceutical companies are not only using direct instruments to communicate (advertising for products when is permitted by law or scientific information), but also "indirect tools” as mass media, which include the presence of intermediaries, especially journalists. The research seeks to identify the instruments used by pharmaceutical industry to communicate and secondly to analyze the representation of the theme of health and medicine in media.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/159312
URN:NBN:IT:UNICATT-159312