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Connoting a neoliberal and entrepreneurial discourse of science through infographics and integrated design: the case of ‘functional’ healthy drinks
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2394-9959
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1089-5819
2022 (English)In: Critical Discourse Studies, ISSN 1740-5904, E-ISSN 1740-5912, Vol. 19, no 3, p. 290-308Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Riding on the rising concern of public health and the growing neoliberal self-care agenda, the food market has witnessed a surge in ‘healthy’ food despite the criticism of this food does not help consumers eat more healthily. A growing interest in CriticalDiscourse Studies (CDS) is how food marketers colonise not only the food discourse but also the broader ideas and values such as health, politics, and environment. Contributing to this growing body of research, we look at one of the fastest-growing food trends, ‘functional drinks’, which claim to target physiological and psychological processes in the body, so that consumers can manage their health and performance. Company websites rely on forms of infographics to communicate how the products work. Adopting the notion of ‘integrated design’ from multimodal CDS, we show how these infographics, drawing on their affordancesare particularly useful in symbolising classifications and causalities which could not be accounted for in running texts. The paper argues that this is a way health and science converge with a neoliberal discourse of self-management and enterprise culture. Given the increased use of forms of integrated design incommunication, more critical discursive work is needed in this area.

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Routledge, 2022. Vol. 19, no 3, p. 290-308
Keywords [en]
Critical discourse analysis, Multimodality, integrated design, infographics, affordance, Recontextualisation, science communication, neoliberalism, functional food
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Media and Communications
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Media and Communication Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-88835DOI: 10.1080/17405904.2021.1874450ISI: 000608905900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85099715333OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-88835DiVA, id: diva2:1521132
Available from: 2021-01-22 Created: 2021-01-22 Last updated: 2022-08-24Bibliographically approved

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