Identification with characters of a national narrative health communication campaign targeting Type 2 Diabetes
Loading...
Date issued
Editors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Reuse License
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has a high prevalence in Germany. Tailored health communication campaigns are part of preventing T2DM at a societal level, with narrative approaches as a promising communication strategy. The aim of this study was to qualitatively examine identification with characters as a potential narrative effect mechanism within a national T2DM communication campaign (Slogan: “Diabetes – not only a question of type”). In doing so, characters’ liking and perceived similarity were explored as antecedents of identification. For this purpose, nine focus groups comprising a total of 76 participants diagnosed with T2DM were conducted. Two of these focus groups consisted entirely of participants of Turkish descent. An assessment was developed to measure the extent to which participants liked, perceived themselves to be similar to, and identified with different characters presented via three videoclip formats (live action, animated cartoons, and celebrity testimonials) from a national diabetes com
Description
Keywords
Citation
Published in
Health communication, Version of Record (VoR), Taylor & Francis, New York, NY, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2378256