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Purpose The present paper explores Generation Z university students' clusters based on the consumption of daily fruits and vegetables in an emerging market economy, indicating young people's reasons to adopt a healthy diet. Design/methodology/approach Using cluster theory, the authors analyse Generation Z university students who consume fresh fruits and vegetables, highlighting aspects of a healthy diet, in compliance with the WHO recommendations and challenges. Findings Data collected from over 459 Generation Z university students point out the possibility of typologizing them into nine clusters: three consuming fresh fruit and six consuming fresh vegetables. Most cluster members are aware of the value of regular fresh fruit and vegetable consumption in order to maintain health and overall well-being, but the authors also identified a cluster called “urban, but sick humanists at the beginning of their professional careers”, for whom a healthy diet based on fruits and vegetables is not a priority. Research limitations/implications Although this research only refers to consumers in the emergent economy Romania, it also allows the delimitation of specific categories which can be utilized by sector stakeholders, in order to identify issues addressed by each cluster member and to find the most appropriate solutions for encouraging/promoting a healthy diet. Social implications The paper also raises awareness of the importance of fruit and vegetable consumption in other emerging economies, given the advancement of processed food and reduction of time available to cook healthy dishes. Originality/value The results contribute to extending studies conducted on emerging markets concerning fruit and vegetable consumption among Generation Z university students, highlighting the importance of a healthy diet, and the proper targeting of these consumer clusters by fresh fruit and vegetable producers and distributors.
Cristina Bianca Pocol; Valentina Marinescu; Dan-Cristian Dabija; Antonio Amuza. Clustering Generation Z university students based on daily fruit and vegetable consumption: empirical research in an emerging market. British Food Journal 2021, ahead-of-p, 1 .
AMA StyleCristina Bianca Pocol, Valentina Marinescu, Dan-Cristian Dabija, Antonio Amuza. Clustering Generation Z university students based on daily fruit and vegetable consumption: empirical research in an emerging market. British Food Journal. 2021; ahead-of-p (ahead-of-p):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCristina Bianca Pocol; Valentina Marinescu; Dan-Cristian Dabija; Antonio Amuza. 2021. "Clustering Generation Z university students based on daily fruit and vegetable consumption: empirical research in an emerging market." British Food Journal ahead-of-p, no. ahead-of-p: 1.
Decades of medical research have focused on analysing the effects of sustainable eating on health and well-being; yet, less attention has been devoted to this subject in communication and media studies research. Recently, however, scholarly attention has shifted towards the way sustainable food is covered in the media. Nevertheless, previous studies analyse sustainable food together with other sustainability challenges, such as climate change. In this article, we focus our attention on analysing media reporting of sustainable food. Relying theoretically on the framing analysis approach coupled with Goody’s five-phase analytical framework in building sustainable food-related behaviours (production, distribution, preparation, consumption and disposal) and by applying the rationale of content analysis, this article examines media coverage of sustainable food with a focus on sustainable food production, distribution, preparation, consumption and disposal. Therefore, the article identifies trends and patterns of media coverage of sustainable food in Romania between 2014 and 2017. Interesting results emerge, showing that Romanian journalists reporting on food-related topics do not have a solid understanding of the field and contribute to the spread of inaccurate information often, resulting from insufficient research or inadequate use of sources. As a result of the lack of in-depth knowledge of those involved in writing about food, the media coverage of sustainable food is strictly reduced to reporting on aspects related to the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables, framed as the only healthy foods, and recommended diets for specific underlying health conditions (such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and associated diseases).
Valentina Marinescu; Bianca Fox; Darie Cristea; Daniela Roventa-Frumusani; Ramona Marinache; Silvia Branea. Talking about Sustainability: How the Media Construct the Public’s Understanding of Sustainable Food in Romania. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4609 .
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu, Bianca Fox, Darie Cristea, Daniela Roventa-Frumusani, Ramona Marinache, Silvia Branea. Talking about Sustainability: How the Media Construct the Public’s Understanding of Sustainable Food in Romania. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4609.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu; Bianca Fox; Darie Cristea; Daniela Roventa-Frumusani; Ramona Marinache; Silvia Branea. 2021. "Talking about Sustainability: How the Media Construct the Public’s Understanding of Sustainable Food in Romania." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4609.
Daniela Roventa – Frumusani; Valentina Marinescu. Inequalities, Vulnerabilities, and Discrimination in the Context of COVID-19. Postmodernism Problems 2020, 10, 262 -269.
AMA StyleDaniela Roventa – Frumusani, Valentina Marinescu. Inequalities, Vulnerabilities, and Discrimination in the Context of COVID-19. Postmodernism Problems. 2020; 10 (3):262-269.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniela Roventa – Frumusani; Valentina Marinescu. 2020. "Inequalities, Vulnerabilities, and Discrimination in the Context of COVID-19." Postmodernism Problems 10, no. 3: 262-269.
This article deals with general and specific aspects of how Romanian media covered the African swine flu crisis between 2014 and 2018. The analysis was mainly based on the available ground of media framing theory. The mediatic tone of reporting the African swine flu predicament complies with the pre-crisis, crisis, and post-crisis stages, as identified in the literature. Concerning the Romanian media approach on the African swine flu subject, the economic consequences and the mediatic leadership frames proved to be strongly related to similar inter-human and zoonotic diseases. The Romanian coverage of epizootics' main frames indicates a detached approach to the subject with exciting variations regarding the connections between information units and the general norms of mediatic content. This research suggests a few remarkable aspects that hint at current changes in the journalistic paradigm and the need to acknowledge crisis communication's significance when dealing with epizootic diseases.
Mădălina Bălășescu; Valentina Marinescu. Framing Epizootic Diseases in Mass Media. Postmodernism Problems 2020, 10, 177 -201.
AMA StyleMădălina Bălășescu, Valentina Marinescu. Framing Epizootic Diseases in Mass Media. Postmodernism Problems. 2020; 10 (2):177-201.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMădălina Bălășescu; Valentina Marinescu. 2020. "Framing Epizootic Diseases in Mass Media." Postmodernism Problems 10, no. 2: 177-201.
Recent years have seen a great deal of academic interest in the study of food literacy. A range of definitions for the concept has been advanced, including a variety of different core elements. This chapter reports on a systematic review conducted to identify all the academic articles proposing key conceptualizations of food literacy published between 2001 and 2019. The chapter provides new information regarding the way food literacy has been defined so far and argues for a broadening of the definition of the concept to include media and digital skills. To our knowledge, this is the first study to identify gaps in literacy skills included in existing food literacy definitions.
Bianca Fox; Valentina Marinescu. An Argument for a Broader Definition for Food Literacy: Findings from a Systematic Review. Food, Nutrition and the Media 2020, 239 -257.
AMA StyleBianca Fox, Valentina Marinescu. An Argument for a Broader Definition for Food Literacy: Findings from a Systematic Review. Food, Nutrition and the Media. 2020; ():239-257.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBianca Fox; Valentina Marinescu. 2020. "An Argument for a Broader Definition for Food Literacy: Findings from a Systematic Review." Food, Nutrition and the Media , no. : 239-257.
Studied as an economic, socio-cultural phenomenon within disciplinary boundaries but questioning “traditional disciplinary divisions,” food has been configuring a new field of research since the end of the last century, Food Studies, linked to Media Studies. Anthropology, sociology, history, psychology and other branches of human and social sciences are mobilized to work together to understand cultures and culinary practices and to question critically societal implications of food production and consumption. Beyond the classical approaches in sociology, for which food has a functional role (ensuring survival) or socio-symbolic (“Tell me what you eat, I will tell you who you are”), we emphasize the recent shift in Food Studies. In many respects, this displacement is nourished by a more clearly anthropological perspective: the food phenomenon as a situation in which identities, individual and collective, are defined, (re)constructed and negotiated simultaneously.
Daniela Rovenţa-Frumuşani; Valentina Marinescu. Food, Nutrition and Media. Food, Nutrition and the Media 2020, 5 -20.
AMA StyleDaniela Rovenţa-Frumuşani, Valentina Marinescu. Food, Nutrition and Media. Food, Nutrition and the Media. 2020; ():5-20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniela Rovenţa-Frumuşani; Valentina Marinescu. 2020. "Food, Nutrition and Media." Food, Nutrition and the Media , no. : 5-20.
The chapter presents the main directions for a comparative analysis of media and nutrition at a second level: media representations of “food” and “nutrition,” on the one hand, and scientific articles on those issues on the other. As compared with the high number of research produced in Western Europe or the United States, the studies in Central and Eastern Europe on food and nutrition were rather scarce. In our opinion, there is a need for information about food and nutrition as they were covered in media and presented in scientific articles in the case of countries from Eastern and Central Europe. The proposed comparative analysis used a standard methodology—the quantitative content analysis made on national samples of articles from media and scientific articles. In our opinion the results could fill an existing gap in the scientific knowledge about those issues in a geographical region.
Valentina Marinescu. The Analysis of Media Coverage and Scientific Literature on Food and Nutrition: The Case of Eastern European Countries. Food, Nutrition and the Media 2020, 21 -31.
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu. The Analysis of Media Coverage and Scientific Literature on Food and Nutrition: The Case of Eastern European Countries. Food, Nutrition and the Media. 2020; ():21-31.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu. 2020. "The Analysis of Media Coverage and Scientific Literature on Food and Nutrition: The Case of Eastern European Countries." Food, Nutrition and the Media , no. : 21-31.
The chapter showed the fact that the food coverage in the Romanian media made a minimal appeal to scientific evidence—almost half of all articles did not mention a person or document when they addressed the food topic. The focus of the articles published in Romanian media was almost exclusively on the coverage of certain aspects of food concerning health and disease, nutrition in general and diseases related to food and nutrition. The analysis also identified the existence of five main frames for “food”-related issues covered by Romanian media: “Nutrition”, “Diet”, “Risks”, “Disease” and “Food”.
Valentina Marinescu. Media Coverage of Food Issues in Romania: A Longitudinal Analysis. Food, Nutrition and the Media 2020, 159 -173.
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu. Media Coverage of Food Issues in Romania: A Longitudinal Analysis. Food, Nutrition and the Media. 2020; ():159-173.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu. 2020. "Media Coverage of Food Issues in Romania: A Longitudinal Analysis." Food, Nutrition and the Media , no. : 159-173.
The article presents the way in which online media from two South-Eastern European and former communist countries (Romania and the Republic of Moldova) have covered a case of femicide-suicide. We chose to analyse the case of Anastasia Cia, a celebrity from the Republic of Moldova that was well-known in both countries and who was killed by her husband, a Moldavan citizen. she had worked as a model, actress and singer in Romania. The online media analysis had highlighted the presence mainly of the episodic frames and victim-blaming techniques identified by other studies. Also the analysis has pointed out the use of content from the social media profiles of the victim and aggressor (especially the photos) as a source of victim-blaming techniques. The results point out also the need to find a solution to the ethical problems raised by the use of social networks’ the content in the traditional media coverage of violence against women and femicide.
Ecaterina Balica; Valentina Marinescu; Mariana Balica. Was Anastasia Victim of Partner Violence? Media Coverage of Femicide in Romania and Moldova. Journalism Practice 2020, 1 -22.
AMA StyleEcaterina Balica, Valentina Marinescu, Mariana Balica. Was Anastasia Victim of Partner Violence? Media Coverage of Femicide in Romania and Moldova. Journalism Practice. 2020; ():1-22.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEcaterina Balica; Valentina Marinescu; Mariana Balica. 2020. "Was Anastasia Victim of Partner Violence? Media Coverage of Femicide in Romania and Moldova." Journalism Practice , no. : 1-22.
Valentina Marinescu; Faculty of Sociology and Social Work University of Bucharest. CHALLENGES OF ONLINE HEALTH-RELATED INFORMATION FOR ROMANIAN SENIORS. ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES 2020, 10, 9 -18.
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work University of Bucharest. CHALLENGES OF ONLINE HEALTH-RELATED INFORMATION FOR ROMANIAN SENIORS. ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES. 2020; 10 (1):9-18.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu; Faculty of Sociology and Social Work University of Bucharest. 2020. "CHALLENGES OF ONLINE HEALTH-RELATED INFORMATION FOR ROMANIAN SENIORS." ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES 10, no. 1: 9-18.
The importance of studying the aspects related to the sustainable food consumption behaviour of students lies in the fact that, at this age, they begin to develop certain consumption patterns that will have long-term effects. The study aimed to identify the type of eating behaviour—sustainable vs. unsustainable—and the socio-demographic factors that influence it, among students in Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova. The research method was a survey based on a questionnaire administered to a sample of 2378 subjects in the 2017–2018 period. The ANOVA test and simple linear regression were used to identify the correlation between the various variables analysed. The results indicate both positive aspects, which characterise a sustainable diet—high consumption of fruits and vegetables, and negative—the adoption of a mixed diet, which will have a long-term impact on the environment. Age is a good predictor of unhealthy eating habits among students, as this behaviour leads to weight gain. Gender, number of household members, rural/urban and country residence are also influencing factors for food consumption behaviour. Eating while standing and having the last meal of the day after 23:00 are practices that also have negative consequences for health. Conducting campaigns to educate students on the adoption of sustainable food consumption is necessary for all three countries to empower them to choose a healthy lifestyle.
Cristina Bianca Pocol; Valentina Marinescu; Antonio Amuza; Roxana-Larisa Cadar; Anda Anca Rodideal. Sustainable vs. Unsustainable Food Consumption Behaviour: A Study among Students from Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1 .
AMA StyleCristina Bianca Pocol, Valentina Marinescu, Antonio Amuza, Roxana-Larisa Cadar, Anda Anca Rodideal. Sustainable vs. Unsustainable Food Consumption Behaviour: A Study among Students from Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCristina Bianca Pocol; Valentina Marinescu; Antonio Amuza; Roxana-Larisa Cadar; Anda Anca Rodideal. 2020. "Sustainable vs. Unsustainable Food Consumption Behaviour: A Study among Students from Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 1.
In recent years, Romania experienced an increase in the number of seniors from total population. At the same time, if in 2011 a percent of 14.7% of Romanians of all ages feel themselves lonely in 2015 one of two seniors declared that he or she is alone. “What are the peculiarities of Romanian seniors’ loneliness?” and “What is the connection between media and loneliness in the case of Romanian older adults?”—were the main research questions at which the present article had tried to offer an answer. The data showed that (interpersonal and mass) communication plays a key role in avoiding the loneliness of older adults. Even if the Romanian state’s institutions do nothing to solve the seniors’ problems, they find creative and innovative ways in fighting against loneliness with the help of their peers. Unfortunately, giving the demographic negative forecast one could only expect that the Romanian seniors’ loneliness to become an endemic situation in the next decades.
Valentina Marinescu; Ecaterina Balica. Lonelier Than Ever? Romania’s Forgotten Seniors. Emotions and Loneliness in a Networked Society 2019, 179 -200.
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu, Ecaterina Balica. Lonelier Than Ever? Romania’s Forgotten Seniors. Emotions and Loneliness in a Networked Society. 2019; ():179-200.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu; Ecaterina Balica. 2019. "Lonelier Than Ever? Romania’s Forgotten Seniors." Emotions and Loneliness in a Networked Society , no. : 179-200.
Valentina Marinescu. FRAMING PUBLIC HEALTH IN ROMANIAN MEDIA BETWEEN 1918 AND 1945. ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES 2019, 9, 61 -73.
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu. FRAMING PUBLIC HEALTH IN ROMANIAN MEDIA BETWEEN 1918 AND 1945. ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES. 2019; 9 (1):61-73.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu. 2019. "FRAMING PUBLIC HEALTH IN ROMANIAN MEDIA BETWEEN 1918 AND 1945." ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES 9, no. 1: 61-73.
Valentina Marinescu. Book Review: Food Advertising: Nature, Impact and Regulation by Barrie Gunter. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 2019, 96, 946 -948.
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu. Book Review: Food Advertising: Nature, Impact and Regulation by Barrie Gunter. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 2019; 96 (3):946-948.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu. 2019. "Book Review: Food Advertising: Nature, Impact and Regulation by Barrie Gunter." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 96, no. 3: 946-948.
There was significant media coverage of migrant flows in the summer of 2015 and public debate is ongoing. A central issue covered by the media regarded the risks associated with the entrance of refugees in the European Union, thus we decided to analyze the way in which online media covered the violence that involved refugees in the time frame of 1 June 2015–31 October 2016. The analysis highlighted that journalists were mostly interested in publishing cases of illegal border crossings and less interested in cases of severe interpersonal violence (such as murder, rape, and suicide). This time, journalists decided to publicize crimes which affected national security (therefore, they threatened the entire territory and population of a country) and focused less on crimes which involved hurting some categories of vulnerable people (women, children, or elderly people). The main changes that we identified were how refugees were framed regarding the place of the media and journalists as ‘secondary definers’ of crimes, and the positioning of the refugee in the role of victim.
Valentina Marinescu; Ecaterina Balica. New media clues and old journalistic habits: Representing the refugees in Romanian media. Journalism 2018, 22, 1048 -1066.
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu, Ecaterina Balica. New media clues and old journalistic habits: Representing the refugees in Romanian media. Journalism. 2018; 22 (4):1048-1066.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu; Ecaterina Balica. 2018. "New media clues and old journalistic habits: Representing the refugees in Romanian media." Journalism 22, no. 4: 1048-1066.
The article intends to answer to the questions related to the way in which Romanian online media covered the subject of the Romanian emigrants in the context of the massive flow of refugees in the European Union. The main research method is content analysis applied on a sample of articles published in the timeframe June 1, 2015–October 1, 2016. The analysis shows that journalists had strong interest in associating emigrants to acts of violence committed by them or against them. When journalists presented cases of violence committed by emigrants, they used criteria similar to the ones committed by non-migrants. In other words, journalists brought to the public’s attention severe acts of violence (murders and rapes) whose victims were women, elderly people and children, in particular.
Ecaterina Balica; Valentina Marinescu. Changing Images of Migrants and Crime in Romanian Mass Media. Migration and Crime 2018, 213 -233.
AMA StyleEcaterina Balica, Valentina Marinescu. Changing Images of Migrants and Crime in Romanian Mass Media. Migration and Crime. 2018; ():213-233.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEcaterina Balica; Valentina Marinescu. 2018. "Changing Images of Migrants and Crime in Romanian Mass Media." Migration and Crime , no. : 213-233.
Monica Barbovschi; Valentina Marinescu; Anca Velicu; Eva Laszlo. Meeting new contacts online. Children, risk and safety on the internet 2018, 177 -190.
AMA StyleMonica Barbovschi, Valentina Marinescu, Anca Velicu, Eva Laszlo. Meeting new contacts online. Children, risk and safety on the internet. 2018; ():177-190.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMonica Barbovschi; Valentina Marinescu; Anca Velicu; Eva Laszlo. 2018. "Meeting new contacts online." Children, risk and safety on the internet , no. : 177-190.
Valentina Marinescu; Ioana Silistraru. Interpersonal communication within Romanian medical field. ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES 2018, 8, 1 .
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu, Ioana Silistraru. Interpersonal communication within Romanian medical field. ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES. 2018; 8 (1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu; Ioana Silistraru. 2018. "Interpersonal communication within Romanian medical field." ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AND STUDIES 8, no. 1: 1.
In the last years a shift in the practice of medical communication has occurred and it leads to a displacement from a paternalistic model of patient-provider information toward a model implying an embeddedness of the medical and human values in the medical interaction and in the decision-taking process of the informed patient. Researches show that older adults respond differently to online communication than younger adults. In this context, seniors face new challenges as regards health-related information and medical communication. The present study deals comparatively with the health-related internet use by the seniors in two European countries: Romania and Germany. Using a qualitative methodology, which involved the in-depth semi-structured interviewing of twenty persons aged 65 years or over who used the internet including for health-related search, we tried to find out which are the similarities and differences between the two samples as concerns health-related online informing and medical communication. Our research has revealed a number of interesting results and inferences. Thus, while between the two samples there are similarities as regards using the internet as a starting point for general information related to health and making informed medical decisions, there exist also a series of differences as regards various aspects, such as the health-related internet use itself – the interest and the ways of searching, the accessed content and websites, the trust in the reliability of the online information, the online feedback and activism etc., as well as the openness to discuss with the physicians about the information gained by the internet consumption.
Valentina Marinescu; Simona Rodat. Romanian and German Seniors in Quest of Online Health-Related Information: An Exploratory Comparative Study. Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations 2018, 20, 25 -45.
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu, Simona Rodat. Romanian and German Seniors in Quest of Online Health-Related Information: An Exploratory Comparative Study. Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations. 2018; 20 (1):25-45.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu; Simona Rodat. 2018. "Romanian and German Seniors in Quest of Online Health-Related Information: An Exploratory Comparative Study." Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations 20, no. 1: 25-45.
This chapter focuses on a group of European Union (EU) member states located in Central and Eastern Europe. All are post-communist countries, although they can better be described today as emergent democracies with shared histories. They have some common political dynamics and share similar attitudes towards the EU including a desire to be seen as relevant to the Union as the ‘old’ member states. In our analysis, we are concerned with identifying similarities and differences in political advertising in this group of member states in the 2014 European Parliament elections. We have chosen these countries for several reasons. First, all countries in Central and Eastern Europe come into the category of ‘new EU members’ in that they joined in the years 2004–2013. Second, in their pre-accession period (and for some time afterwards) these countries were part of a series of specific organizations and agreements that contributed to shaping a distinct political and socio-economic regional identity.
Valentina Marinescu; Ewa Nowak-Teter; Silvia Branea; Bianca Fox; Norbert Merkovity; Zsuzsanna Mihályffy; Tomaž Deželan; Alem Maksuti. In Search of Common Patterns: Political Advertising in Central and Eastern Europe. Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections 2017, 135 -151.
AMA StyleValentina Marinescu, Ewa Nowak-Teter, Silvia Branea, Bianca Fox, Norbert Merkovity, Zsuzsanna Mihályffy, Tomaž Deželan, Alem Maksuti. In Search of Common Patterns: Political Advertising in Central and Eastern Europe. Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections. 2017; ():135-151.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValentina Marinescu; Ewa Nowak-Teter; Silvia Branea; Bianca Fox; Norbert Merkovity; Zsuzsanna Mihályffy; Tomaž Deželan; Alem Maksuti. 2017. "In Search of Common Patterns: Political Advertising in Central and Eastern Europe." Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections , no. : 135-151.