Breastfeeding and Media

Katherine A. Foss is Associate Professor of Media Studies in the School of Journalism at Middle Tennessee State University, USA. She is author of Television and Health Responsibility in an Age of Individualism (2014). Foss earned her PhD from the University of Minnesota, USA in 2008.

1. Breastfeeding and the Media.- 2. "Where the mother's milk is insufficient...": The Commodification of Infant Feeding and the Demise of Breastfeeding.- 3. Infant-feeding in the 20th Century: Shifting Media Messages and the Role of the "Expert".- 4. Breastfeeding Promotion, Formula Marketing and the Role of Health Professionals.- 5. "So you're going to have a baby?": Breastfeeding Messages in Parenting Guides and Children's Books.- 6. From the Milky Man Vest to Nursing on the Throne: Breastfeeding Representations in Fictional Television.- 7. Reality Television Programs and the Failure Narrative.- 8. "The New Boob Tube?": Education, Entertainment, and Viewers' Perceptions of Breastfeeding on Social Media.- 9. Marginalized Milk: "Extreme" Nursing, Milk Exchange, and Erotic Breastfeeding.- 10. Concluding Thoughts: Media's Role in Improving Breastfeeding Success.