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Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Media Influence on Health Attitudes

HSC503 · Health Education and Promoting Wellbeing — Week 4 of 16

CourseHSC503
Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Media Influence on Health Attitudes

  1. Digital and social media impacts
  2. Health misinformation and media literacy
  3. Public health framing in the press
  4. Commercial advertising and body image
  5. Supporting Teen Wellbeing in a Tech-Filled World: A Conversation with the U.S. Surgeon General
  6. Misinformation, media and trust
  7. Disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories | The Staffroom
  8. TU Delft - Digital Technologies for Well-Being and Mental Health

What you will be able to do

  • 1.5 Evaluate the role of media in influencing attitudes to health.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the role of media in influencing attitudes to health.

Study materials

Videos

  • Supporting Teen Wellbeing in a Tech-Filled World: A Conversation with the U.S. Surgeon General · YouTube · Harvard Graduate School of Education · 63 min · for registered students
  • Misinformation, media and trust · YouTube · Saïd Business School, University of Oxford · 58 min · for registered students
  • Disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories | The Staffroom · YouTube · UCL Institute of Education · 48 min · for registered students
  • TU Delft - Digital Technologies for Well-Being and Mental Health · YouTube · TU Delft · 74 min · for registered students
  • Digital lives: online trust, risk and control | Open Conversations · YouTube · The Open University · 32 min · for registered students
  • Press Coverage of Mental Health and Suicide - Mary O'Hara · YouTube · Gresham College · 64 min · for registered students
  • Prof Sir Chris Whitty on misinformation and disinformation in health care: Summit 2026 session · YouTube · Nuffield Trust · 52 min · for registered students
  • Social Media, COVID & Ukraine: Fighting Disinformation · YouTube · Gresham College · 58 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • A systematic review: the influence of social media on depression, anxiety and distress in… · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Inoculating Against Fake News About COVID-19 · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Echo chambers and viral misinformation: Modeling fake news as complex contagion · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Concepts and Models of Health
  • Week 2: Determinants of Health and Well-being
  • Week 3: Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Public Health
  • Week 4: Media Influence on Health Attitudes
  • Week 5: Principles of Health Promotion and Protection
  • Week 6: Behaviour Change Models in National Campaigns
  • Week 7: Evaluating Behaviour Change Approaches
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Campaign Rationale and Ethical Practice
  • Week 10: Implementing Health Education Campaigns
  • Week 11: Campaign Evaluation and Impact Assessment
  • Week 12: Applying Health Education and Promoting Wellbeing in practi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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