Using Entertainment Media Narratives to Start Conversations Between YoungAdult Cancer Survivors and Friends

Objective 1: Determine features of YACS s cancer-related conversationswith friends following exposure to an excerpt of an entertainment medianarrative. We will prompt a cancer-related conversation between dyadsof YACS and one friend. We will then analyze the rhetorical strategiesand themes within those conversations.

Objective 2: Assess (a) YACS s and (b) their friends experience in usingan entertainment media narrative to conduct cancer-relatedconversations. We will conduct exit interviews, separately, with eachmember of the dyad (i.e., the YACS and the friend) to ascertain theacceptability and feasibility of using entertainment media narratives toengage in cancer-related conversations.

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