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1. The Anatomy of Adolescence (Psychology Revivals)

   Young people's social attitudes in Britain

   By Adrian Furnham, Barrie Gunter

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   Originally published in 1989, this is a unique reference source to the social attitudes of British adolescents of the time. The authors, both experienced researchers, draw on a sample of over 2,000 adolescents from all over the British Isles, including Northern Ireland and the north of Scotland as...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
2. Advertising to Children on TV

   Content, Impact, and Regulation

   By Barrie Gunter, Caroline Oates, Mark Blades

   Concern is growing about the effectiveness of television advertising regulation in the light of technological developments in the media. The current rapid growth of TV platforms in terrestrial, sattelite, and cable formats will soon move into digital transmission. These all offer opportunities for...

   Published July 14th 2005 by Routledge
3. Digital Health

   Meeting Patient and Professional Needs Online

   By Barrie Gunter

   This book is concerned with the provision of health information remotely via the latest communications technologies. The rapidly aging population has led governments to seek more effective methods of maintaining high standards of public health through the cultivation of healthy living, as well as...

   Published June 1st 2005 by Routledge
4. News and the Net

   By Barrie Gunter

   News and the Net examines the growth of news provision on the Internet and its implications for news presentation, journalism practice, news consumers, and the business of running news organizations. Much of the focus is placed on the migration of newspapers onto the Internet, but references are...

   Published February 28th 2003 by Routledge
5. Violence on Television

   Distribution, Form, Context, and Themes

   By Barrie Gunter, Jackie Harrison, Maggie Wykes

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   Concern about violence on television has been publicly debated for the past 50 years. TV violence has repeatedly been identified as a significant causal agent in relation to the prevalence of crime and violence in society. Critics have accused the medium of presenting excessive quantities of...

   Published December 31st 2002 by Routledge
6. Media Sex

   What Are the Issues?

   By Barrie Gunter

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   This book examines the representation, impact, and issues relating to the control and regulation of sex in the media. It covers work that has been conducted around the world on the depiction of sex in the mainstream mass media, especially the audio-visual media of film, television, and video, and...

   Published January 11th 2002 by Routledge
7. Broadcast Television Effects in A Remote Community

   Edited by Tony Charlton, Barrie Gunter, Andrew Hannan

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   This book reports findings from a major, multidisciplinary study of the impact of broadcast television on the remote island community of St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Broadcast television was introduced to the island for the first time in March 1995. This introduction represented a major...

   Published January 11th 2002 by Routledge
8. Broadcast Television Effects in A Remote Community

   Edited by Tony Charlton, Barrie Gunter, Andrew Hannan

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   This book reports findings from a major, multidisciplinary study of the impact of broadcast television on the remote island community of St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Broadcast television was introduced to the island for the first time in March 1995. This introduction represented a major...

   Published November 30th 2001 by Routledge
9. Media Sex

   What Are the Issues?

   By Barrie Gunter

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   This book examines the representation, impact, and issues relating to the control and regulation of sex in the media. It covers work that has been conducted around the world on the depiction of sex in the mainstream mass media, especially the audio-visual media of film, television, and video, and...

   Published November 30th 2001 by Routledge
10. Understanding the Older Consumer

    The Grey Market

    By Barrie Gunter

    Series: International Series in Social Psychology

    In Understanding the Older Consumer, Barrie Gunter provides a detailed examination of the demographic, behavioural and psychological profiles of the older consumer. He shows that without the responsibilities of loans and child raising and with better financial provision than in previous years, the...

    Published September 2nd 1998 by Routledge