Overweight and Obesity in Local Media: An Analysis of Media Coverage in CDC-Funded Communities

We conducted a content analysis of newspaper and television news coverage in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grantee locations from June 2011 through May 2013. After searching 2 databases for news stories related to overweight or obesity, we coded and analyzed stories for valence (h...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Christopher N., Inokuchi, Derek, Lehman, Thomas, Ledsky, Rebecca, Weldy, Andre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5724995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29215979
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.170107
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description We conducted a content analysis of newspaper and television news coverage in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grantee locations from June 2011 through May 2013. After searching 2 databases for news stories related to overweight or obesity, we coded and analyzed stories for valence (how the author/reporter framed overweight and obesity control strategies), descriptors, causes and solutions, and populations mentioned. Of almost 3,000 stories analyzed, most had a neutral or positive valence, depicted overweight and obesity as epidemic, discussed individual causes and environmental solutions most frequently, and mentioned children most often. Earned media can be part of addressing overweight and obesity by emphasizing prevention and by emphasizing both environmental and individual causes and solutions.
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spelling pubmed-57249952017-12-14 Overweight and Obesity in Local Media: An Analysis of Media Coverage in CDC-Funded Communities Thomas, Christopher N. Inokuchi, Derek Lehman, Thomas Ledsky, Rebecca Weldy, Andre Prev Chronic Dis Brief We conducted a content analysis of newspaper and television news coverage in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grantee locations from June 2011 through May 2013. After searching 2 databases for news stories related to overweight or obesity, we coded and analyzed stories for valence (how the author/reporter framed overweight and obesity control strategies), descriptors, causes and solutions, and populations mentioned. Of almost 3,000 stories analyzed, most had a neutral or positive valence, depicted overweight and obesity as epidemic, discussed individual causes and environmental solutions most frequently, and mentioned children most often. Earned media can be part of addressing overweight and obesity by emphasizing prevention and by emphasizing both environmental and individual causes and solutions. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5724995/ /pubmed/29215979 http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.170107 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5724995/
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