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February 20, 2015

Can soap operas solve our problems?

Soap operas have a long history of sharing health messages, but how much help can they really offer? Find out in this post.

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by Petra
  • advice columns
  • audiences
  • radio
  • self help
  • soap opera
  • television
February 17, 2015

Ways to offer advice

There are lots of ways to deliver advice - which one suits you best?

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by Petra
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  • magazines
  • problem page
  • SMS/texting
February 15, 2015

25 reasons why advice columns fail

Advice giving can be lifesaving, but equally it doesn't always work. Here are 25 ways it lets us down.

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by Petra
  • advice columns
  • audiences
  • diversity
  • harm
  • inclusivity
  • self help
February 13, 2015

25 reasons why advice columns are amazing

There are lots of ways advice giving helps us, but how many were you aware of and how might they benefit you?

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by Petra
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  • self help
February 12, 2015

In or out?

Whatever work we're doing it helps to ask 'who am I bringing in? who am I leaving out?' to ensure nobody is left behind.

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by Petra
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ADVICE COLUMNISTS
Annalog – Anna Raeburn
Psycentral – Gary Wood
Dear Denise – Denise Robertson
Scarleteen – Heather Corinna
Cory Silverberg
Justin Hancock
Suzie Hayman
Susan Quilliam

JOURNALISTS
Critical Distance – Jonathan Marks
Jim Hawkins
Guy Clapperton

MEDIA ANALYSIS
Celeb Youth
Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association

GLOBAL MEDIA
BBC Media Action
Hesperian
International Reporting Fellowships
International Broadcasting Trust

JOURNALISM RESOURCES
BBC Academy
The Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism
Media and Cultural Work
Nieman Lab
Media Wise
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Full Fact
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Real Media
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SEX & RELATIONSHIPS RESOURCES
Kinsey Confidential
Sense About Sex
Archive for Sexology
Flirtology
Faithful Voices
Rewriting the Rules
Sex Critical
Lesley A Hall

PSYCHOLOGY
Mind Hacks
Neuroskeptic
Neurocritic
Research Digest

SCIENCE & HEALTH
The Research Companion
All Trials
Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science
The Lancet
Where there is no data
Margaret McCartney
NHS Behind the Headlines
Toolkits for Health
Not exactly rocket science
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