Media Literacy and Mental Health Care Access.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scaccia, Jesse, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Mental health.

Youth.

Media literacy.

Mass media in mental health education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

In this book, Jesse Scaccia argues that while courses that teach students how news, media, and social media might cause or worsen mental health issues are a promising start, media literacy education also needs to teach young adults how to reach mental health care when they need it.

Contents:

Introduction 1. Getting The Good Word Out: Health Promotion Messaging in The Contemporary Era 2. Young Adults and Mental Health: A Media-Mediated Crisis 3. The Media Literacy Movement 4. View from the Mental Health Care Provider & Promoter's Chair: Media as a Gateway to their Care 5. Meeting Young Adults in the Media Landscape Where They Want to Be Met Bibliography About the Author Index

ISBN:

979-88-8188-853-4

1-9787-6286-0

979-82-16-26386-9

9781978762862

OCLC:

1555348237