key: cord-0702413-2x9vavxe authors: Li, Zhenyi; Xu, Jing title: Medicine together with humanities and media: An MHM model to move forward for health communication studies date: 2020-07-23 journal: Int J Nurs Sci DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2020.07.011 sha: 706aa8667c598c5b2f0207f2f7487ae7f31b99d7 doc_id: 702413 cord_uid: 2x9vavxe Inspired by Schramm's “Men, Message, and Media” model of communication, Peking University initiated an international conference series to develop the discipline of health communication from “Medical, Humanity, and Media” (MHM) perspectives. This paper highlights and summarises conference papers published in this special issue elaborated in the MHM model. Wu et al. [9] x x x Huangfu [10] x x x Zhou et al. [11] x x x Liu et al. [12] x x x Wang et al. [13] x x x Chen et al. [14] x x x Jiao and Chang [15] x x x Sun et al. [16] x x x Zhang and Xu [17] x In this context of partnership between MHM conference and International Journal of Nursing Sciences, we advocate closer collaboration with healthcare professionals. We keep reminding ourselves that great researchers must grow to exhibit certain human qualities such as active listening, creativity, self-awareness, courage and inclusiveness, as we have seen in the evolution of "communication studies" led by Schramm and the caring heart from each healthcare professionals. It is people's lived experiences that give meaning and depth to the research. Great research also recognizes and values different knowledge sources such as oral traditions, hands-on knowledge and experiential learning approaches because it understands that in order to solve real-world problems, it is important to resort to other ways of thinking and doing. Our first volume of MHM papers seeks to bring us together, and we strongly hope, will take shape in each of your paths, as ambitious agents of change. We invite you to attend and contribute to MHM conference and related events we will be organizing, and to learn about the exceptional research being produced by our extraordinary community. We offer heartfelt thanks to everyone who, throughout this participatory process, offered insights and ideas for the future vision of the MHM. Let's move forward together! Beginnings of the 'Communication' Field. Communication Research Trends Messages and Media Process and effects of mass communication The Value of Health Communication Scholarship: New Directions for Health Communication Inquiry Publishing in Health Communication Journals Health Communication Campaigns: A Brief Introduction and Call for Dialogue Empowering the Vulnerable: Community Structure Theory, Demographics, and Health Communication MHealth as a Health System Strengthening Tool in China Development and Evaluation of Health Belief Model Scale for Exercise Life Course Changes Provoked by Chronic Disease: A Study on Everyday Life for Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Internet Access, Usage and Trust among Medical Professionals in China: A Web-Based Survey Telling Health Stories Comprehensively and Accurately: A Case Study of the Health Edition of People's Daily Tobacco Control Challenges in China: Big Data Analysis of Online Tobacco Marketing Information Analysis of the Interactive Meaning of Journalistic Images of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine and the Perceptions of Female Undergraduate Students Unhealthy Aging? Featuring Older People in Television Food Commercials in China HIV/AIDS Related Perception and Behavior: A Comparative Study among Collegestudents of Different Majors in China Continuance Use of Fitness Apps and Shaping Factors Among College Students: A Mixed-method Investigation