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Mobilising Consumers for Food Waste Reduction in Finnish Media Discourse (2020)
Raippalinna, L.-M. (2020). Mobilising Consumers for Food Waste Reduction in Finnish Media Discourse. In E. Närvänen, N. Mesiranta, M. Mattila, & A. Heikkinen (Eds.), Food Waste Management : Solving the Wicked Problem (pp. 289-317). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20561-4_11
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Raippalinna, Liia-Maria
Parent publication: Food Waste Management : Solving the Wicked Problem
Parent publication editors: Närvänen, Elina; Mesiranta, Nina; Mattila, Malla; Heikkinen, Anna
ISBN: 978-3-030-20560-7
eISBN: 978-3-030-20561-4
Publication year: 2020
Pages range: 289-317
Number of pages in the book: 455
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication: Cham
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20561-4_11
Publication open access: Not open
Publication channel open access:
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/68205
Abstract
Raippalinna explores how consumers are mobilised for food waste reduction in media discourse. Food waste reduction initiatives are often criticised for putting the responsibility on individual consumers, but little research exists on the mobilisation of consumers in actual contexts. Through critical discourse analysis of media texts, Raippalinna investigates how the food waste problem and consumers are constructed in relation to each other in Finlands leading newspaper Helsingin Sanomat 2010–2017. The analysis demonstrates that the discourses of consumer mobilisation appear mostly as consumer education where the consumer’s role is to manage individual consumption and household practices. The theoretical framework combines governmentality studies with a practice theoretical approach on consumption. Raippalinna discusses if and how media discourse can contribute to a transformation of food (waste) related practices.
Keywords: food waste; consumers; responsibility (properties); citizenship; sustainable consumption; public discussion; journalistic writing; discourse research; discourse analysis; intertextuality
Free keywords: food waste; food waste reduction; media discourse; consumer; consumer responsibility; citizenship; sustainable consumption; critical discourse analysis; intertextuality; governmentality
Contributing organizations
Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2020
JUFO rating: 3
