Children’s Healthcare and Parental Media Engagement in Urban China

A Culture of Anxiety?

AvQian Gong

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This book analyses parental anxieties about their children’s healthcare issues in urban China, engaging with wider theoretical debates about modernity, risk and anxiety.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-11-08
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:413 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:214
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137498762

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Qian (Sarah) Gong is a lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. Her recent research interests include health communication, risk, parenting and motherhood. She is currently the Principal investigator of a Wellcome Trust funded project Health communication for Chinese migrant mothers in Northern England.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- 1.Risk and children's healthcare in modern China.- 2.Contextualising parental experiences in post-reform China.- 3.Feeding fears: News coverage of the infant formula scandal and health risk communication.- 4.Mediating nature, risk and scientific protection: Advertising discourse of healthcare products and parental reception.- 5.Managing anxiety: Parental engagement with new media and civic participation.- Conclusion: A culture of anxiety?