Journalism in Healthcare. Analysis of audiences, formats and effects

Health information is a relevant topic that attracts the audience's attention, more and more demanded by society. The media is becoming the main source of information for questions about health, even on top of medical professionals, obtaining in this way a predominant role on public health. Therefore, the objective of this article is to analyze the different audiences of the health information published by the media, the formats used to disseminate this information throughout society, and the influence of the media on public health.