Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Food and Foodways |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 74-97 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISSN | 0740-9710 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Culinary nationalism
- Food incident
- Japan
- Media
- Social amplification of risk
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Recalibrating Risk through Media : Two Cases of Intentional Food Poisoning in Japan. / Walravens, Tine.
In: Food and Foodways, Vol. 27, No. 1-2, 2019, p. 74-97.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Recalibrating Risk through Media
T2 - Two Cases of Intentional Food Poisoning in Japan
AU - Walravens, Tine
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Culinary nationalism
KW - Food incident
KW - Japan
KW - Media
KW - Social amplification of risk
KW - Culinary nationalism
KW - Food incident
KW - Japan
KW - Media
KW - Social amplification of risk
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DO - 10.1080/07409710.2019.1568852
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SP - 74
EP - 97
JO - Food and Foodways
JF - Food and Foodways
SN - 0740-9710
IS - 1-2
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