Overview
- First book to engage with the concept of risk and to address parental anxiety in China
- Interdisciplinary study of varying fields, including: sociology, media and communication, cultural studies, health science, and Chinese studies
- Extensive empirical work covering a five-year period
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Reviews
“The ‘culture of anxiety’ that pervades contemporary societies to the detriment of everyday life and experience is nowhere more marked than among parents. This book makes an important and innovative contribution to the investigation of this matter, as it has developed in China. Taking health care and young children as its focus, it provides thought provoking discussion about the interplay between media (including new media) and the workings of risk consciousness, in an economy characterised by rapid change. The empirical work discussed in the book that explores the experience of parents and grandparents is of particular interest methodologically.” (Dr Ellie Lee, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Qian (Sarah) Gong is a lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. Her recent research interests include health communication, risk, parenting and motherhood. She is currently the Principal investigator of a Wellcome Trust funded project Health communication for Chinese migrant mothers in Northern England.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Children’s Healthcare and Parental Media Engagement in Urban China
Book Subtitle: A Culture of Anxiety?
Authors: Qian Gong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49877-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49876-2Published: 08 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-69828-8Published: 04 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49877-9Published: 25 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 214
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Media Studies, Asian Culture, Maternal and Child Health, Youth Culture, Communication Studies