Mediating mental health : contexts, debates and analysis /

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 realiti...

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Main Author: Birch, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2012
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 279 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
ISBN:9781409425014
1409425010
1283367645
9781283367646
9780754674740
0754674746
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.