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I Am ... Matt Selway on the Media
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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Aug 11, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
This week’s guest on the I Am podcast is Matt Selway, a lecturer at the university of York Saint John, his speciality is all around the topics of cinema and media. Matt’s main area of research concerns the relationship between media and mental ill health and also how mental disorders are represented in the media. Matt has a great way about him and a really interesting take on it all and the way it shapes our worlds. Together Jonny and Matt indulge in some ideas about how, as agents for great change, we individually and collectively can have a say in what the future looks like in this space, which is a really exciting concept and definitely worth delving into our potential for.Thank you to Matt for a great conversation and for sharing your passions and understandings. As ever Jonny is always keen to hear from anyone listening - so if you have questions that you’d like answered, please email hello@Iampodcast.co.uk or comment in the reviews section.Twitter: @JonnyWilkinsonInstagram: @jonnywilkinsonofficial
Released:
Aug 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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