Midwifery, Childbirth and the Media

1. Introduction.- 2. Love Birth, Hate One Born Every Minute? Birth community discourse around televised childbirth; Julie Roberts, Sara De 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 et al.- 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 and Anna Byrom.