Obesity, eating disorders and the media

Obesity, eating disorders and the media / [edited] by Karin Eli and Stanley Ulijaszek.

How do the media represent obesity and eating disorders? How are these representations related to one another? And how do the news media select which scientific findings and policy decisions to report? Multi-disciplinary in approach, Obesity, Eating Disorders and the Media presents critical new pers...

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Other Authors: Karin, Eli (Editor), Ulijaszek, Stanley J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014]
Subjects:
Obesity in mass media.
Obesity > Social aspects.
Eating disorders > Social aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Eating disorders > Social aspects
Obesity in mass media
Obesity > Social aspects
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Summary:How do the media represent obesity and eating disorders? How are these representations related to one another? And how do the news media select which scientific findings and policy decisions to report? Multi-disciplinary in approach, Obesity, Eating Disorders and the Media presents critical new perspectives on media representations of obesity and eating disorders, with analyses of print, online, and televisual media framings.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 173 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781409457725
1409457729
1317086341
9781317086345
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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