Mass Media Images and Impact on Health: A Sourcebook Book

This basic sourcebook shows how mass media, and particularly TV, present images that are dangerous to our health and advocates needed reforms. Signorielli gives a description of the world of television, which has become a major source of information for people around the world--for children especially. She examines how the media deal with health and how their messages affect our beliefs and behavior. Topical chapters consider physical health, mental illness, safety and impairment, death and suicide, health professionals, sex and sexuality, drug and alcohol use and abuse, AIDS, food and nutrition, and the environment. She analyzes the latest evidence concerning media images and popular beliefs and behavior, calls for further research, and points to current health guidelines and ways to improve media coverage of health matters.Read More