Images of Health and Disease

Synopsis

Explains how drug companies advertise their products and the images they create. The image-makers themselves discuss how they have chosen to represent two comparatively minor maladies, the headache and the common cold, in their advertisements. The changes in style of these advertisements over the last twenty years is used as a means of underlining changes in the public’s attitude to health and disease.

Series

Health and Disease, Course U205

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Year of production

1984

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Subjects

Media studies; Medical sciences

Keywords

advertising; drugs

Credits

Producer

Vic Lockwood

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web

http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 1908 274066

Address

Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Notes

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