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Media and Mental Distress Greg Philo

Media and Mental Distress By Greg Philo

Media and Mental Distress by Greg Philo


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Summary

This work is a study of the media's portrayal of mental illness and the impact it has on the general public, and attitudes and responses of carers and users of the mental health services. The text draws upon the Glasgow Media Group's recent research.

Media and Mental Distress Summary

Media and Mental Distress by Greg Philo

An innovative study of the media's portrayal of mental illness and the impact it has on the general public and attitudes and responses of carers and users of the mental health services. The Glasgow Media Group has been well known for the last twenty years for its ground breaking empirical research on the impact of the media in shaping public opinion. This book draws upon the Group's most recent research in conjunction with Scotland's Health Education Board to investigate the processes that condition media images; to examine factual and fictional presentation of mental illness in the media; public perception to certain illnesses, and to assess the impact of the media on the careers of those engaged in mental health services.

Media and Mental Distress Reviews

'Media and Mental Distress is a very timely contribution indeed and one that must be read by professionals, politicians, the public and, perhaps most important of all, by journalists, editors and programme makers whose responsibility for helping us understand and misunderstand the nature of psychiatric illness can no longer be shirked.' Anthony W. Clare MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Trinity College, Dublin.

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. 1. Why Media Images Matter - Stephen Platt & Jenny Seckers 2. Selling Suffering: Mental Illness and Media Values - Lesley Henderson 3. A sense of perspective: the media and the Boyd Inquiry - David Crepaz-Keay 4. Media Content - Greg Philo, Greg MacGlaughlin, Lesley Henderson 5. Media Content: Fictional Representations - Greg Philo, Greg MacLaughlin, Lesley Henderson 6. The Media and Public Belief - Greg Philo 7. Users of services, carers and families- Greg Philo References Appendix 1: Words and phrases associated with mental health/illness in the media Appendix 2: Newspaper extracts Index

Additional information

GOR003160224
9780582292192
0582292190
Media and Mental Distress by Greg Philo
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pearson Education Limited
1996-10-29
152
N/A
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