Tuning in Trouble: Talk Tv's Destructive Impact on Mental Health - Couverture rigide

Wilson, Nona Leigh; Heaton, Jeanne Albronda

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0787901067 ISBN 13 : 9780787901066

Editeur : Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

This text reveals the harmful and destructive impact phenomenally popular TV talk shows have on their guests and viewers alike. It argues that by sensationalizing issues, staging brutal and traumatic confrontations, exploiting stereotypes of women, men and minorities, then alleging that such intense ten-minute psychodramas actually help people - these shows create a totally distorted view of our real life problems and how to solve them.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Tuning in Trouble does the important and long–overdue job of revealing daytime talkshows′ travesty of legitimate mental health practices and professions." Wayne Munson, Ph.D., author of All Talk: The Talkshow in Media Culture

"Tuning in Trouble is a valuable and sobering look at the bottom rung of television entertainment. The victims of the daytime talk circuses aren′t just guest coaxed into showcasing their personal peccadillos on national TV; they may also include the home viewer and the mental health profession." John Carman, television critic, San Francisco Chronicle

Quatrième de couverture

This investigative report reveals the harmful and destructive impact that popular TV talk shows have on their guests and viewers alike. The book shows how attention–grabbing segments designed exclusively to bolster ratings often leave guests emotionally devastated. Tuning in Trouble convincingly shows how "talk TV" makes a mockery of the mental health profession by obscuring the fact that recovery is almost always a long, painful process.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0787901067
• ISBN 13: 9780787901066
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible