Bringing together the work of leading academics in media and cultural studies, this book questions the ways in which emerging forms of political style relate not only to new conventions of celebrity and publicity but to ideas about representation, citizenship and the democratic process.

This text is an essential sourcebook of key statements about transformations in media culture. Focusing on questions of democracy, technology and culture, it provides theoretical approaches to past and present media transformations; and case studies of a range of media, both old media in new times and emerging new media.

Bringing together a range of renowned scholars in the field, this book examines eighteen key issues within contemporary media studies.

A timely, conscise and well-written student introduction to Medical Sociology.

A guide designed to provide students and practitioners with a practical tutorial on the key functions of a case manager serving adults with severe mental illness. It focuses on a direct approach that time-pressed readers can appreciate when learning the fundamentals of providing mental health case management.

Mental Health is a mandatory component of the PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) curriculum. This book explains the difference between counselling and counselling skills, as well as looking at how mental health issues affect children's behaviour, self-esteem, motivation and achievement and so on, and what the school can do about this.

This book incorporates an interdisciplinary, integrative approach toward presenting explanations for and etiologies of mental illness-related criminal and violent behaviours.

Using case studies of mentoring in practice, this book examines the roles of mentors and practitioners and how mentoring supports personal and professional development.