October is Health Literacy Month. So it seems appropriate to title this podcast episode, "Disorder-ly Conduct: Is Gamer Addiction a Thing?" To loiter with me around this question is my colleague, Dr. Christopher McKinley, who specializes in health communication and media effects in examining the role that messages play in shaping individual’s health perceptions and behaviors.
Category: research
Instagram Influencers & Hidden Disclosure
This C+MRC podcast episode features student research associates that studied Instagram influencers and hidden disclosure as part of their Investigative Research Methods course. They found that the industry could use regulation and guidelines.
What Motivates People to Be Healthy?
In this C+MRC podcast, Dr. Greenwood interviews Dr. Christopher McKinley about his professional research trajectory in health communication and current research that explores obesity related behaviors.
Politics, Media and Civic Engagement
Dr. Joel Penney argues that the citizen marketer approach to political action is much broader than any one ideological constituency or bloc. It is a means of promoting a wide range of political ideas, including those that are broadly critical of elite uses of marketing in consumer capitalist societies.
Exploring Social & Information Influence on Obesity Risk among Indian Adults
Christopher J. McKinley et al. explore the relationship between nutrition knowledge, social/informational factors, and diet-related outcomes among Indian adults with multiple chronic conditions.