Midwifery, Childbirth and the Media

1. Introduction
Ann Luce, Vanora Hundley, Edwin van Teijlingen

2. Love Birth, Hate One Born Every Minute? Birth Community Discourse Around Televised Childbirth
Julie Roberts, Sara Benedictis, Helen Spiby

3. Birth Stories in British Newspapers: Why Midwives Must Speak up
Emily Maclean

4. An Everyday Trauma: How the Media Portrays Infant Feeding
Catherine Angell

5. How Media Promote Fear Around Childbirth
Alexia Leachman

6. ‘Passing Time’: A Qualitative Study of Health Promotion Practices in an Antenatal Clinic Waiting Room
Dianne Rodger, Andrew Skuse, Michael Wilmore

7. Midwives’ Engagement with the Media
Ann Luce, Vanora Hundley, Edwin Teijlingen, Sian Ridden, Sofie Edlund

8. Working With the Media: The Power, the Pitfalls and the Possibilities
Hannah G. Dahlen

9. Around the World in 80 Tweets—Social Media and Midwifery
Sheena Byrom, Anna Byrom

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Media and Communication, Digital/New Media, Maternal and Child Health, Global/International Culture, Nursing