Wendy Macias
Biographic Data
| ID | 6640704 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wendy Macias |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wendy |
| FAMILY NAME | Macias |
| SIGNATURE | MACÍAS W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Christian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6408-1821 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Women as American Family's health advocate, guide, or guardian
American women are often in the role of being a health advocate, guide, or guardian for family and friends. An examination of gender differences is virtually absent from American-focused health communication literature. I review the topic from an international, professional, and historical perspective and include qualitative data from health communication professional interviews to document and explore this role. Explanatory themes of nature and …
Insights to Improve Dietary Guidelines for Americans Communication and Policy
This study aims to tease out why the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) have largely failed to support positive attitudinal and behavioral dietary change in the U.S. over the past decade. Dervin's sense-making methodology (SMM) is employed as a theoretical framework to postulate why DGA has not been more successful with its past communication approaches. A brief history of DGA is shared along with criticisms and literature discussing its pote…
Blog Functions as Risk and Crisis Communication During Hurricane Katrina
Blogs were examined during the 2 weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. city of New Orleans to better understand what risk and crisis communication functions they served. The 4 major functions-communication, political, information, and helping-included both filtering and linking about rescue needs and efforts, missing persons, ways to offer and find assistance, fostering community, and providing information on damage and government response. …
From Have Nots to Watch Dogs
Senior citizens are often positioned as ‘have nots’ in the digital age, but internet use among older Americans ranges from 68 per cent among those just entering their senior years to 17 per cent of those age 75+. About 70 per cent of online seniors report using the internet for health information. This study uses grounded theory to explore online health communication among older Americans. Open-ended survey responses from 357 internet users age 5…
Blog Functions as Risk and Crisis Communication During Hurricane Katrina
Blogs were examined during the 2 weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. city of New Orleans to better understand what risk and crisis communication functions they served. The 4 major functions-communication, political, information, and helping-included both filtering and linking about rescue needs and efforts, missing persons, ways to offer and find assistance, fostering community, and providing information on damage and government response. …
From Have Nots to Watch Dogs
Senior citizens are often positioned as ‘have nots’ in the digital age, but internet use among older Americans ranges from 68 per cent among those just entering their senior years to 17 per cent of those age 75+. About 70 per cent of online seniors report using the internet for health information. This study uses grounded theory to explore online health communication among older Americans. Open-ended survey responses from 357 internet users age 5…
Blog Functions as Risk and Crisis Communication During Hurricane Katrina
Blogs were examined during the 2 weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. city of New Orleans to better understand what risk and crisis communication functions they served. The 4 major functions-communication, political, information, and helping-included both filtering and linking about rescue needs and efforts, missing persons, ways to offer and find assistance, fostering community, and providing information on damage and government response. …
Women as American Family's health advocate, guide, or guardian
American women are often in the role of being a health advocate, guide, or guardian for family and friends. An examination of gender differences is virtually absent from American-focused health communication literature. I review the topic from an international, professional, and historical perspective and include qualitative data from health communication professional interviews to document and explore this role. Explanatory themes of nature and …
Insights to Improve Dietary Guidelines for Americans Communication and Policy
This study aims to tease out why the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) have largely failed to support positive attitudinal and behavioral dietary change in the U.S. over the past decade. Dervin's sense-making methodology (SMM) is employed as a theoretical framework to postulate why DGA has not been more successful with its past communication approaches. A brief history of DGA is shared along with criticisms and literature discussing its pote…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Health care (2 works)