Portrayal of the Slow Food movement in the Australian print media

Conviviality, localism and romanticism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2399014
AutoresJohn Germov (0000-0001-6696-816X, School of Humanities and Social Science, The University of Newcastle,), Lauren Williams (0000-0002-0680-2464, School of Health Sciences, The University of Newcastle), Lauren T Williams (0000-0002-7860-0319, University of Newcastle Australia), Maria Freij (0000-0003-4108-9796, School of Humanities and Social Science, The University of Newcastle,)
Año2011
Volumen47
Número1
Páginas89-106
Fecha de publicación2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1440783310369021
OpenAlexW1981646901
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas26

The Slow Food movement promotes itself as supporting ethical modes of food production and consumption. This article reports on research that investigated the representations of the movement in the Australian print media, exploring the discourses relating to Slow Food and examining whether the media exposure is positively or negatively framed. A content and discourse analysis was undertaken of articles on Slow Food over a three-month period. The analysis aimed to provide a contextual basis for how Slow Food is perceived, the messages it conveys, and the activities it undertakes. Major themes arising from the data were 'conviviality' (social pleasures of sharing 'good food'), 'localism' (social, health and environmental benefits of local produce), and 'romanticism' (of idyllic rural lifestyles as an antidote to the time-poverty of urban life). The findings shed light on the role played by the print media in reproducing and creating public understandings of the Slow Food movement

Aesthetics · Consumption (sociology) · Localism · Media studies · Movement (music) · Political science · Poverty · Social movement · Social science · Sociology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Law · Organic Food and Agriculture · Sustainable Urban and Rural Development