Midwifery, Childbirth and the Media

This edited collection - one of a kind in its field - addresses the theoretical and practical implications facing representations of midwifery and media. Bringing together international scholars and practitioners, this succinct volume offers a cross-disciplinary discussion regarding the role of media in childbirth, midwifery and pregnancy representation. One chapter critiques the provision and dissemination of health information and promotional materials in a suburban antenatal clinic, while others are devoted to specific forms of media - television, the press, social media - looking at how each contribute to women's perceptions and anxieties with regard to childbirth.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Love Birth, Hate One Born Every Minute? Birth community discourse around televised childbirth; Julie Roberts, Sara De Benedictis, Helen Spiby.- 3. Birth stories in British newspapers: why midwives must speak up; Emily Maclean.- 4. An everyday trauma: how the media portrays infant feeding; Catherine Angell.- 5. How media promote fear around childbirth; Alexia Leachman.- 6. 'Passing time': a qualitative study of health promotion practices in an antenatal clinic waiting room; Dianne Rodger, Andrew Skuse, Michael Wilmore.- 7. Midwives' Engagement with the Media; Ann Luce et al.- 8. Working with the media: The power, the pitfalls and the possibilities; Hannah G Dahlen.- 9. Around the world in 80 tweets - social media and midwifery; Sheena Byrom and Anna Byrom.

About the author

Ann Luce is Principal Academic of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University.

Vanora Hundley is Professor of Midwifery in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health at Bournemouth University

Edwin van Teijlingen is Professor of Reproductive Health Research, Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health at Bournemouth University

Summary

Unique focus: there are no edited collections around midwifery and media
 Accessibility: this is a shorter title with chapters that cover a wide variety of media, making it engaging to a range of readers

Breadth of coverage: addresses both the theoretical and practical implications facing representations of midwifery and media

Product details

• Assisted by: Vanor Hundley (Editor), Vanora Hundley (Editor), Ann Luce (Editor), Edwin Van Teijlingen (Editor), Edwin van Teijlingen (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319875750
• ISBN: 978-3-31-987575-0
• No. of pages: 161
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 9 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 237 g
• Illustrations: XI, 161 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Welt, C, Culture, Digital Media, Cultural Studies, Communication, Nursing, Personal & public health, Media and Communication, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Media studies: internet, digital media & society, Digital and New Media, Digital/New Media, Global and International Culture, Global/International Culture, Maternal and child health services, Maternal and Child Health, Materno-fetal medicine