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Media constructions of sleep and sleep disorders : a study of UK national newspapers

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Seale, Clive, Boden, Sharon, Williams, Simon J., Lowe, Pam and Steinberg, Deborah Lynn (2007) Media constructions of sleep and sleep disorders : a study of UK national newspapers. Social Science & Medicine, Vol.65 (No.3). pp. 418-430. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.035 ISSN 0277-9536.

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Abstract

Medicalisation, healthicisation and 'personal' strategies have been identified as the main factors contributing to the socially mediated experience of sleep and sleep disorders in modern societies. Medicalisation and healthicisation are publicly available discourses. But the degree to which apparently 'personal' strategies for managing sleep are presented in popular media has been underestimated. This study of the coverage of 5 UK newspapers shows that both medicalised and healthicised discourses are concentrated in the 'serious' press. The tabloid press is more likely to constitute sleep as a private realm and tabloid readers are therefore relatively less exposed to officially sanctioned forms of knowledge about sleep. Analysis of Daily Mail coverage shows, though, that women's 'personal' strategies for managing sleep are far from being private solutions. The Mail presents this topic as a component of its social construction of a 'Middle England' lifestyle, giving these apparently 'personal' solutions a political resonance.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
H Social Sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Journal or Publication Title: Social Science & Medicine
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0277-9536
Official Date: August 2007
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August 2007Published
Volume: Vol.65
Number: No.3
Number of Pages: 13
Page Range: pp. 418-430
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.035
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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