The Media Literacy of Mental Health Care Access: The Communication that Connects Those in Need and the Care They Need

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This book argues that, while media literacy courses teaching students how news, media, and social media might cause or worsen mental health issues is a start, media literacy education also needs to teach young adults how to reach that help. Jesse Scaccia posits that in the digital age, media is the main pathway that leads those in need of care to the care available to them, but that this part of access to the mental health care ecosystem is currently not available to many young people.

Through this study, Scaccia seeks to address essential question regarding this access: How do young adults want to receive information about available mental health care services What role does - and can - various forms of media play in making mental health care more accessible With the rapid decline of local media and the rapid diffusion of new ways media can reach us through technology, Scaccia ultimately argues that our society is needing to re-learn how to communicate with itself -- and this includes promoting available mental health care options to the many people desperate to be reached.

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Jesse Scaccia is Associate Professor in the Media, Communications, and Journalism program at Fresno State University. He has also developed and taught a course titled The Craft of the Personal Narrative at Valley State Prison.