Recalibrating risk through media

Two cases of intentional food poisoning in Japan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5284002
AutoresT Walravens (0000-0002-8231-4219, Ghent University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen27
Número1-2
Páginas74-97
Fecha de publicación2019-04-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFood and Foodways (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0740-9710 • E-ISSN: 1542-3484
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07409710.2019.1568852
OpenAlexW2973404876
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas25

In 2008, a case of intentional food poisoning involving Chinese imported dumplings resulted in mass panic in Japan. Within a context of sensitive bilateral relations and Japanese agriculture in decline, the media were key to the enhanced risk perception among the public. To shed light on the concrete ways of risk recalibration by the media, the article compares the incident’s coverage to a strikingly similar event in 2014 involving domestic produce. Drawing on the social amplification of risk framework, a qualitative content analysis shows how the specific discursive construction of both incidents led to two different levels of risk, primarily through the framing of the incidents by references to former experiences and symbolic connotations. At the intersection of food, media and risk, the article also contributes to the understanding of perceptions of domestic as opposed to foreign or imported risks, and those in power to label these as such

Advertising · Business · Context (archaeology) · Framing (construction) · Media coverage · Media studies · Perception · Political science · Risk perception · Sociology · History · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Social Psychology