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The role of the media in construction and presentation of food risks

Henderson, Julie Anne; Wilson, Annabelle; Meyer, Samantha B; Coveney, John David; Calnan, Michael; McCullum, Dean; Lloyd, Sue; Ward, Paul Russell (Taylor & Francis, 2014-10-13)

In this article we examine how and why the media construct food risks, from the perspective of ‘media actors’ (people involved in different types of media) using data from 30 interviews conducted in 2013 with media actors ...

How food regulators communicate with consumers about food safety

Wilson, Annabelle; Meyer, Samantha B; Webb, Trevor; Henderson, Julie Anne; Coveney, John David; McCullum, Dean; Ward, Paul Russell (Emerald Publishing Group, 2015-05-13)

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report how food regulators communicate with consumers about food safety and how they believe consumers understand their role in relation to food safety. The implications of ...

A model for (re)building consumer trust in the food system

Wilson, Annabelle; Withall, Elizabeth; Coveney, John David; Meyer, Samantha B; Henderson, Julie Anne; McCullum, Dean; Webb, Trevor; Ward, Paul Russell (Oxford University Press, 2016-04-12)

The article presents a best practice model that can be utilized by food system actors to assist with (re)building trust in the food system, before, during and after a food incident defined as ‘any situation within the food ...

The role of social media in communication about food risks: Views of journalists, food regulators and the food industry

Henderson, Julie Anne; Wilson, Annabelle; Webb, Trevor; McCullum, Dean; Meyer, Samantha B; Coveney, John David; Ward, Paul Russell (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2016-10-20)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the views of journalists, food regulators and the food industry representatives on the impact of social media on communication about food risk. The authors identify how ...

Consumer Trust

Coveney, John David; Henderson, Julie Anne; Meyer, Samantha B; Mamerow, Loreen; Taylor, Anne; Ward, Paul Russell; Wilson, Annabelle (Sage, 2015)

In the past two decades, food industries in developed countries have experienced increasing numbers of food scares that have resulted in increased consumer concerns about the safety of food. Concerns about the safety and ...

Trust in the Australian food supply: innocent until proven guilty

Henderson, Julie Anne; Ward, Paul Russell; Coveney, John David; Meyer, Samantha B (Taylor and Francis, 2012-03-26)

International research demonstrates diminishing trust in the food supply associated with food scares which undermine trust in expert advice. Even though Australia has not experienced major food scares, there is evidence ...

'Health is the number one thing we go for': healthism, citizenship and food choice

Henderson, Julie Anne; Henderson, Julie Anne; Ward, Paul Russell; Coveney, John David; Taylor, Anne (The Australian Sociological Association, 2009)

This paper explores the centrality of pursuit of health to discourse around food purchasing and eating behaviours. Forty-seven participants from metropolitan and rural South Australia were interviewed about how they decided ...

The importance of food issues in society: Results from a national survey in Australia

Meyer, Samantha B; Mamerow, Loreen; Henderson, Julie Anne; Taylor, Anne; Coveney, John David; Ward, Paul Russell (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2013-09-18)

Aim: It has been demonstrated previously that consumer attitudes about food issues influence and shape consumer behaviour. The aim of this paper was to identify demographic and socio-economic variables associated with a ...

Comparative examination of trust during times of a food scandal in Europe and Australia

Coveney, John David; Mamerow, Loreen; Taylor, Anne; Henderson, Julie Anne; Meyer, Samantha B; Ward, Paul Russell (Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2012)

This study compared public confidence in truth-telling by food chain actors in selected EU countries where there have been a number of food safety problems, with consumers in Australia where there have been fewer food ...

The Importance Placed on the Monitoring of Food Safety and Quality by Australian Consumers

Henderson, Julie Anne; Mamerow, Loreen; Taylor, A; Ward, Paul Russell; Meyer, Samantha B; Coveney, John David (MDPI, 2013-05)

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) estimates that Australians experience 5.4 million incidents of food poisoning each year, making food safety a significant public health issue. This paper describes and analyses ...