The media and body image : if looks could kill /: if looks could kill. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maggie Wykes and Barrie Gunter.
• Other Names: Wykes, Maggie, 1951-; Gunter, Barrie
• Contents: Could looks kill? -- pt. 1. Media representations -- Dying to be thin -- Body matters -- Print : selling sex and slenderness -- Starring roles : screening images -- pt. 2. From media representations to audience impact -- From representation to effects -- Media exposure and body image ideals -- Media causation and body image perceptions -- The media and clinical problems with body image -- Conclusion : Body messages and body meanings.
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 302.23; Mass media and culture; Body image; Mass media -- Psychological aspects; Mass media -- Influence; Image du corps; Médias -- Aspect psychologique; Médias et culture; Médias et culture; Image du corps; Médias -- Aspect psychologique; Body image; Mass media and culture; Mass media -- Influence; Mass media -- Psychological aspects; Massamedia; Lichaamsattitude; Zelfbeeld; Körperbild; Medien; Medien -- Körper; Körper -- Medien; Medien -- Wirkungsanalyse; Medien -- Wirkungsanalyse -- Grossbritannien; Massenmedien; Hörfunk; Pop-Kultur; Großbritannien; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446229132; 1446229130
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.