Table 1 Published research studies in this review
From: “Is it realistic?” the portrayal of pregnancy and childbirth in the media
Author (year) | Title | Method | Focus of Study | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Declercq et al. (2006) [26] | Listening to Mothers II: Report of the Second National U.S. Survey of Women’s Childbearing Experiences. | Quantitative Survey | Experiences and perspectives of childbearing women. | USA |
Declercq et al. (2013) [50] | Listening to Mothers III: Report of the Third National U.S. Survey of Women’s Childbearing Experiences. | Quantitative Survey | Experiences and perspectives of childbearing women. | USA |
Handfield et al. (2006) [47] | What do obstetricians think about media influences on their patients? | Quantitative Survey | Australian obstetricians’ perceptions of sources of patient information about birth/ pregnancy, particularly media & Internet. | Australia |
Stoll et al. (2014) [38] | Why are young Canadians afraid of birth? A survey of childbirth fear and birth preferences among Canadian University Students | Quantitative Survey | Examines attitudes towards birth in young adults who have been socialised into a medicalised birth culture | Canada |
Stoll & Hall (2013) [37] | Vicarious Birth Experiences and Childbirth Fear: Does it Matter How Young Canadian Women Learn about Birth? | Quantitative Survey | Explores predictors of childbirth fear for young women | Canada |
Clement (1997) [31] | Childbirth on Television. | Qualitative Textual Analysis | Analysis of labour and birth on British television (1993) | UK |
Hine (2013) [46] | The Changing Shape Of Pregnancy In New Zealand Women's Magazines: 1970–2008, | Qualitative Content & Textual Analysis | The discursive construction of pregnancy in women’s magazines over 38-year period. | New Zealand |
Holdsworth -Taylor (2010) [40] | Portrayals of childbirth: An examination of Internet based Media. | Qualitative Thematic Analysis | Portrayal of childbirth in online media. | Canada |
Kline (1997) [4] | Midwife attended births in prime-time television: Craziness, controlling bitches, and ultimate capitulation. | Qualitative Textual Analysis | Portrayal of midwives in television series. | USA |
Kline (2010) [24] | Poking Fun at Midwifery on Prime-time Television: The Rhetorical Implications of Burlesque Frames in Humorous Shows | Qualitative Framing Analysis | Assesses rhetorical implications of humorous depictions of midwifery model care in prime-time television. | USA |
Longhurst (2009) [48] | YouTube: a new space for birth? | Feminist, post-structuralist geographical perspective | Explores trend of mothers sharing their birthing experiences on You-Tube. | USA |
MacLean (2014) [23] | What to expect when you’re expecting? Representations of birth in British Newspapers | Qualitative Content analysis | Newspaper messages of women’s first-person accounts of birth | UK |
McIntyre et al. (2011) [45] | Shaping public opinion on the issue of childbirth; a critical analysis of articles published in an Australian newspaper | Critical Discourse Analysis | In-depth analysis of childbearing in one single national newspaper | Australia |
Morris & McInerney (2010) [6] | Media representations of pregnancy and childbirth: An analysis of reality television programs in the US. | Qualitative Textual Analysis | Analysis of reality-based birth television shows. | USA |
Sears & Godderis (2011) [5] | Roar Like a Tiger on TV? Constructions of women and childbirth in reality TV. | Qualitative Thematic analysis | Analysis of ‘Baby Story’ (reality television show). | USA |
Song et al. (2012) [7] | Women, Pregnancy, and Health Information Online: The Making of Informed Patients and Ideal Mothers. | Qualitative Grounded Theory | Explores how women use Internet to manage (a) their pregnancies & (b) doctor–patient relationships. | USA |
Williams & Fahy (2004) [44] | Whose interests are served by the portrayal of childbearing women in popular magazines for women? | Qualitative Textual Analysis | In-depth analysis of childbearing in popular magazine's for women. | Australia |