This week we have been discussing the following:
- continuing to moniter the media and sending off letters to the press on matters of immediate concern, contacting their offices immediately.
-completing a new Talkbank Times in time for October and World Mental Health week.
-having an active involvement with The Sentinel's "Your Time Out" feature in the Saturday paper, specifically "your top walk", "you and your pets","your top dish","your top table", "your watering hole".
-Faz will be writing a letter in respose to an article on new mental health law in "The Guardian".
-We will be compiling a database of contacts for the national press, so that our responses to issues raised can be quick and immediate.
-David will be sending off his article about the misuse of the word psychosis to a professional journal.
-Helen will be writing a covering letter for the above article to the national press (all broadsheets).
Monday, 23 July 2007
Monday, 16 July 2007
Fourth Post
Today.......the Talkbank Action Group have written a letter to the Chief Executive of channel 4. expressing concern, regarding the use of derogatory and offensive terms, recently used in two popular T.V. programmes. i.e. 'Big Brother' and 'It's Me or the Dog'
We attached the two letters submitted by one of our members, (one of which has already been published in the local press.)
We attached the two letters submitted by one of our members, (one of which has already been published in the local press.)
Monday, 9 July 2007
third post
The Big Brother Letter written last week featured in the 'letter's to the editor' section of the sentinel on July 4th.
Today some group members have written a response to the letter, agreeing with the argument posed in the published one.
Further research has been done on the term, 'psychosis', and all group members intend to keep a close eye on the local and national media for any mental health issues that may feature.
TB
Today some group members have written a response to the letter, agreeing with the argument posed in the published one.
Further research has been done on the term, 'psychosis', and all group members intend to keep a close eye on the local and national media for any mental health issues that may feature.
TB
Monday, 2 July 2007
Second Post
The sentinel interview has been cancelled today and will be arranged for another day.
Today's Talkbank group has been looking at the Big Brother programme. We've been doing research on the Internet, specifically about the use of the word 'psycho' used by housemates in the programme. We have found that there were little or no complaints made about it, and we feel the word is offensive and was used in an offensive way.
Therefore we have written a letter to the sentinel and we will also be sending a copy to channel 4 expressing our concerns about the matter.
We will be carrying on further research on the word 'psychosis' next week.
Today's Talkbank group has been looking at the Big Brother programme. We've been doing research on the Internet, specifically about the use of the word 'psycho' used by housemates in the programme. We have found that there were little or no complaints made about it, and we feel the word is offensive and was used in an offensive way.
Therefore we have written a letter to the sentinel and we will also be sending a copy to channel 4 expressing our concerns about the matter.
We will be carrying on further research on the word 'psychosis' next week.
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