Controversies about risks to public health regularly hit the news, whether about food safety, environmental issues, medical interventions, or "lifestyle" risks, such as drinking. To those trying to manage or regulate risks, public reactions sometimes seem bizarre. To the public, the behavior of those supposedly "in charge" can seem no less odd. Trust is currently at a premium. This new edition of Risk Communication and Public Health covers the theoretical and research background, and presents a wide range of contemporary case studies and the learning experiences from these, and the political,...
Controversies about risks to public health regularly hit the news, whether about food safety, environmental issues, medical interventions, or "lifesty...
This provocative text considers the state of media and cultural studies today after the demolition of the traditional media paradigm, and engages with the new, active consumer culture.
Media Studies, particularly within schools, has until recently been concerned with mass media and the effects of 'the media' in society and on people. As new media technology has blurred the boundaries between the audience and the media, the status of this area of education is threatened. Whilst some have called for a drastic re-think (Media Studies 2.0), others have called for caution,...
This provocative text considers the state of media and cultural studies today after the demolition of the traditional media paradigm, and engages w...
This is Barthes' seminal text reimagined in a contemporary context by contemporary academics. Through a revisiting of Mythologies, a key text in cultural and media studies, this volume explores the value these disciplines can add to an understanding of contemporary society and culture. Leading academics in media, English, education, and cultural studies here are tasked with identifying the "new mythologies" some fifty or so years on from Barthes' original interventions. The contributions in this volume, then, are readings of contemporary culture, each engaging with a cultural event,...
This is Barthes' seminal text reimagined in a contemporary context by contemporary academics. Through a revisiting of Mythologies, a key tex...
A Level Media Studies for Students and Teachers presents a comprehensive guide to the learning and teaching of Media Studies at A-Level across all UK specifications. The textbook takes an accessible and integrative approach to the subject and acts a resource for both students and teachers of Media Studies. A clear linear structure helps to develop understanding and analysis with key ideas being introduced and explored from a range of different angles. Concepts are reinforced and developed via a series of activities, marginal notes, 'breakout' sections, with key debates highlighted...
A Level Media Studies for Students and Teachers presents a comprehensive guide to the learning and teaching of Media Studies at A-Level ac...
A Level Media Studies for Students and Teachers presents a comprehensive guide to the learning and teaching of Media Studies at A-Level across all UK specifications. The textbook takes an accessible and integrative approach to the subject and acts a resource for both students and teachers of Media Studies. A clear linear structure helps to develop understanding and analysis with key ideas being introduced and explored from a range of different angles. Concepts are reinforced and developed via a series of activities, marginal notes, 'breakout' sections, with key debates highlighted...
A Level Media Studies for Students and Teachers presents a comprehensive guide to the learning and teaching of Media Studies at A-Level ac...
