Mediating mental health : contexts, debates and analysis / Michael Birch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birch, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness in mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a detailed critical analysis of the representation of mental health conditions across a range of fictional and factual genres in film, television and radio, thus presenting an understanding of the ways in which media forms construct a mental health space, portray the related realities and identities, organize meaning about mental health through language, and addresses audiences in respect of a range of mental health issues.

Contents:

Mediating mental health: contexts, analysis and debate

Mediating mental health

Critical contexts

Historical contexts for popular meanings of madness

Genre studies 1: film

Genre studies 2: news and documentary

Genre studies 3: drama

The community project: reception study

The community project: production project.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-59460-9

1-317-09853-6

1-317-09852-8

1-283-36764-5

9786613367648

1-4094-2501-0

9781315594606

OCLC:

764449169