ABSTRACT

Message Received brings together the most recent research findings of the Glasgow Media Group. It focuses on major public issues such as the impact of fictional violence on children and media coverage of ethnic minorities, the developing world and disasters. It examines media representations of mental illness and public understanding of risks about this and about other areas such as health and food safety. The Group has also studied controversies in the media such as the BSE crisis and other major events such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.

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A critical media studies

Edited ByGreg Philo

part 1|1 pages

Media effects and audience reception

part 2|1 pages

Violence, mental illness and suicide

chapter 3|19 pages

Children and film/video/TV violence

Edited ByGreg Philo

chapter 4|8 pages

Media and mental illness

Edited ByGreg Philo

chapter 5|20 pages

Producing serious soaps

part 4|1 pages

Race, migration and media

part 5|1 pages

International development, disasters and crisis reporting

part 6|1 pages

Critical media studies and critical journalism