STORRE

Purpose: to explore the information behaviours of socioeconomically disadvantaged young first-time mothers, an understudied and at-risk group (health and wellbeing). Design/methodology: questionnaire and semi-structured interviews with 39 young mothers (aged ≤25) from UK areas of multiple deprivations. Findings: Our mothers preferred sources of information are interpersonal sources with which they have formed close supportive relationships. Support groups are important sources of interperson...

This thesis explores the visual construction of campaigns addressing men’s violence against women. The analysis focuses on how an expansive notion of beauty operates in the public facing campaign materials produced by three Scottish feminist organisations: Zero Tolerance, Rape Crisis Scotland, and Scottish Women’s Aid. The work is informed by the premise that all representational decisions involve trade-offs and compromises, which are useful to identify and problematise. This work is locate...

This study examines the three food oil crises that occurred in Taiwan between 2013 and 2014, when over a thousand food products were recalled and more than two hundred supermarkets, restaurants and food makers were affected; these crises led the Taiwanese government to revise food production regulations. The main purpose of this study is to explore how the Taiwanese government, the three companies involved (the Chang Chi company, the Chang Guann company, and the Ting Hsin company), and the Ta...