Social Power and Communicating Social Support: How Stigma and Marginalization Affect Our Ability to Help...

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Dena M. Huisman (Gundersen Health Systems, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA)

Social Power and Communicating Social Support

How Stigma and Marginalization Affect Our Ability to Help

Dena M. Huisman (Gundersen Health Systems, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA)

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Routledge
13 December 2022

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This book gives readers an understanding of the theoretical foundations of social support communication along with practical tools to ethically and justly connect with and support others in daily life.

Incorporating research, real-world examples, and autoethnographic methods, this book examines how social hierarchies, personal power dynamics, and relational and social histories can be better understood to create stronger social support messages across all our relationships, including family, friend, workplace, and health provider-patient relationships. The book translates theories of social support communication into practical application, examining how support messaging goes wrong and how to do it right.

Intended as a supplementary text in interpersonal communication, psychology, and social work undergraduate courses, the book is also ideal for professionals who engage in caretaking and support tasks and wish to enhance their knowledge of social support theory.

By: Dena M. Huisman (Gundersen Health Systems La Crosse Wisconsin USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367701543
ISBN 10: 0367701545
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 13 December 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Dentity Construction and Maintenance and Social Support 3. Relationships at the Center of Support 4. Channels of Communication 5. Physical Health and Social Support 6. Mental Health and Social Support 7. Race, Ethnicity, and Social Support 8. Gender, Sexuality, and Social Support 9. Grief and Social Support 10. Conclusion

Dena M. Huisman is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Wisconsin—La Crosse, USA. Her specialties include family communication, gender communication, and public speaking. She uses her teaching and research to advocate for social justice and equity.

Reviews for Social Power and Communicating Social Support: How Stigma and Marginalization Affect Our Ability to Help

"""Social Power and Communicating Social Support is an important contribution for the field of social support. It brilliantly weaves outside research with this author’s thought-provoking personal narrative. This is a must read for anyone wanting to further understand social support within a wide range of contexts."" Tracy Routsong, Washburn University, USA ""The communication discipline, like most social sciences, has struggled with white centeredness since its inception in the U.S. academy. Dena Huisman, a respected communication scholar, takes the critique head on and farther exposes omissions in the area of social support, making an argument that voices and experiences have been Othered, left out, or otherwise exceptionalized within communication scholarship. Dena gives scholars and practitioners the tools needed to do better when they design studies, teach curriculum or otherwise engage in social support literature, research, or practical application."" Amy Aldridge Sanford, Middle Tennessee State University, USA"