Food, Nutrition and the Media

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Daniel Biltereyst

   Pages 1-4

3. Food, Nutrition and Media

   • Daniela Rovenţa-Frumuşani, Valentina Marinescu

   Pages 5-20

4. The Analysis of Media Coverage and Scientific Literature on Food and Nutrition: The Case of Eastern European Countries

   • Valentina Marinescu

   Pages 21-31

5. The Thematic Coverage of the Nutrition Topic in Estonian Scientific and Mass Media Articles

   • Kadi Lubi

   Pages 33-46

6. Analysis of “Food” and “Nutrition” Phrases Occurrences in Polish Scientific Articles: Case Study—Overweight and Obesity Among Children

   • Dorota Dyksik

   Pages 47-61

7. Mediatic Coverage of Scientific Research Published in the Republic of Moldova on “Nutrition” and “Food” Topics

   • Cătălina Croitoru, Elena Ciobanu

   Pages 63-76

8. A Conceptual Map of “Nutrition”: Content Analysis of Uses in Romanian Mass Media and Scientific Articles Between 2014 and 2017

   • Cătălina Stanciu, Ramona Marinache

   Pages 77-88

9. Media Coverage of the Topic “Nutrition” and Related Issues in German Online News

   • Simona Rodat

   Pages 89-109

10. From Nutritious Banks for the Poor to Top Ten Meals Against Love Pain: Food in Bulgarian Media as an Entertaining Zone

    • Svetlana D. Hristova

    Pages 111-127

11. “Nutrition” and “Food” in Online Media in the Republic of Moldova: Content Analysis

    • Elena Ciobanu, Cătălina Croitoru

    Pages 129-142

12. A Critical Analysis of Romanian Media Representations of Food: A Qualitative and Quantitative Perspective

    • Silvia Branea, Crînguța Irina Pelea

    Pages 143-157

13. Media Coverage of Food Issues in Romania: A Longitudinal Analysis

    • Valentina Marinescu

    Pages 159-173

14. But Where Are the Tastes of Yesteryear? Mapping the Commodification of Communist-Era Food Brands

    • Alexandra Bardan, Natalia Vasilendiuc

    Pages 175-187

15. Experiencing the Spectacle of Fine Dining. New Forms of Festivity in Sofia, Bulgaria and Diversion of Public Space

    • Velislava Petrova

    Pages 189-201

16. Figurative Reconstruction in Food and Healthcare Advertising

    • Dan Podaru

    Pages 203-211

17. Culinary Discourse in Contemporary South Korea

    • Cătălina Stanciu

    Pages 213-225

18. Romanian Online Media and Public Health Threats: Case Study Incidents with Food in Urban Areas

    • Ecaterina Balica

    Pages 227-238

19. An Argument for a Broader Definition for Food Literacy: Findings from a Systematic Review

    • Bianca Fox, Valentina Marinescu

    Pages 239-257

20. Educating Through Television in Health and Nutrition

    • Valentina Gueorguieva

    Pages 259-270

Placed at the crossroads of diverse disciplines – medical sciences, information and communication science, sociology of food, agricultural sciences – this book focuses on media, food and nutrition. Contributors to this volume come from different countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico and Romania, and consider comparatively their native cultures. The book answers several questions: How are food and nutrition made visible and publicized? What is the role of media in relation to food and nutrition? What are the strategies of discourses surrounding food and nutrition within new public spaces?

• Nutrition
• Food
• Mass media
• Popular culture
• Food media

“This volume is published at a time when the media’s coverage of health issues is under scrutiny more than ever before given the current global pandemic. In this respect the volume is timely and acts as a pre-cursor for how the media in Eastern Europe and other parts of the world approach the reporting of health issues. The strength of the volume is the use of one methodological approach across many of the chapters which ensures consistency in how the data is managed. What results is a comprehensive and trustworthy volume with valuable conclusions.” (Andy Fox, University of West London, UK)

“The book  represents a high-quality, original contribution to the field. It gives new methodological approaches and international perspectives to the study of food and nutrition.” (Valentina Milenkova, South-West University, Bulgaria)

• University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

  Valentina Marinescu

Valentina Marinescu is Professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of Bucharest, Romania. Her research focuses on communication and media studies in Eastern Europe, with a special focus on Romania. 

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