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Negotiating risk: women responses to infant feeding issues in the Malaysian media

This paper explores Malay women’s responses to infant feeding issues in the media. It discusses three main events which are:(a) Melamine contamination in formula milk in China, (b) The risks of using Bisphenol-A baby bottles, and (c) Toxins in breast milk controversy. The paper seeks to understand t...

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Main Authors: Emma Mirza Wati Mohamad,, Hasrul Hashim,
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Published: Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, UKM. 2011
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spelling my-ukm.journal.32482016-12-14T06:34:04Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3248/ Negotiating risk: women responses to infant feeding issues in the Malaysian media Emma Mirza Wati Mohamad, Hasrul Hashim, This paper explores Malay women’s responses to infant feeding issues in the media. It discusses three main events which are:(a) Melamine contamination in formula milk in China, (b) The risks of using Bisphenol-A baby bottles, and (c) Toxins in breast milk controversy. The paper seeks to understand the different ways women negotiate these infant feeding risks through their understanding of news/press reports while taking into consideration their own infant feeding experiences. It suggests that the media can influence people’s perception of risk. However, this often depends on the magnitude of risk portrayed by the media and mothers’ own understanding through personal experiences with breast/formula feeding. Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, UKM. 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3248/1/V27_2_1.pdf Emma Mirza Wati Mohamad, and Hasrul Hashim, (2011) Negotiating risk: women responses to infant feeding issues in the Malaysian media. Jurnal Komunikasi, 27 (2). pp. 1-27. ISSN 0128-1496 http://www.ukm.my/jkom/index.html
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description This paper explores Malay women’s responses to infant feeding issues in the media. It discusses three main events which are:(a) Melamine contamination in formula milk in China, (b) The risks of using Bisphenol-A baby bottles, and (c) Toxins in breast milk controversy. The paper seeks to understand the different ways women negotiate these infant feeding risks through their understanding of news/press reports while taking into consideration their own infant feeding experiences. It suggests that the media can influence people’s perception of risk. However, this often depends on the magnitude of risk portrayed by the media and mothers’ own understanding through personal experiences with breast/formula feeding.
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author Emma Mirza Wati Mohamad,
Hasrul Hashim,
spellingShingle Emma Mirza Wati Mohamad,
Hasrul Hashim,
Negotiating risk: women responses to infant feeding issues in the Malaysian media
author_facet Emma Mirza Wati Mohamad,
Hasrul Hashim,
author_sort Emma Mirza Wati Mohamad,
title Negotiating risk: women responses to infant feeding issues in the Malaysian media
title_short Negotiating risk: women responses to infant feeding issues in the Malaysian media
title_full Negotiating risk: women responses to infant feeding issues in the Malaysian media
title_fullStr Negotiating risk: women responses to infant feeding issues in the Malaysian media
title_full_unstemmed Negotiating risk: women responses to infant feeding issues in the Malaysian media
title_sort negotiating risk: women responses to infant feeding issues in the malaysian media
publisher Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, UKM.
publishDate 2011
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3248/1/V27_2_1.pdf
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