The Emergence and Portrayal of Obesity in The Irish Times: Content Analysis of Obesity Coverage, 1997-2009

Health Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-398

  de Brún, Aoife ^a   McKenzie, Kenneth ^b   McCarthy, Mary ^a   McGloin, Aileen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Safefood   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IRELAND; OBESITY; PUBLICATION; TIME;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; NEWSPAPERS; OBESITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859649182     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.592627     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Atkin, C. K., Smith, S. W., McFeters, C. and Ferguson, V. 2008. A comprehensive analysis of breast cancer news coverage in leading media outlets focusing on environmental risks and prevention. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 13: 3-19.
2. Canoy, D. and Buchan, I. 2007. Challenges in obesity epidemiology. Obesity Reviews, 8(S1): 1-11.
3. Department of Health & Children. (2004). Minister for Health and Children launches National Taskforce on Obesity http://www.dohc.ie/press/releases/2004/20040310.html
4. Dorfman, L. 2003. Studying the news on public health: How content analysis supports media advocacy. American Journal of Health Behavior, 27: S217-S226.
5. Entman, R. M. 1989. How the media affect what people think: An information processing approach. Journal of Politics, 51: 347-370.
6. Entman, R. M. 2004. Projections of power: Framing news, public opinion, and U.S. foreign policy, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
7. Evans, W. D., Renaud, J. and Kamerow, D. 2006. News media coverage, body mass index, and public attitudes about obesity. Social Marketing Quarterly, 12(4): 19-33.
8. Fahy, D., Trench, B., & Clancy, L. (2009). Communicating contentious health policy: Lessons from Ireland's workplace smoking ban. Health Promotion Practicedoi: 10.1177/1524839909341554 http://hpp.sagepub.com/content/early/2009/12/01/1524839909341554.abstract
9. Flegal, K. M., Carroll, M. D., Ogden, C. L. and Curtin, L. R. 2010. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008. Journal of the American Medical Association, 303: 235-241.
10. Flegal, K. M., Graubard, B. I., Williamson, D. F. and Gail, M. H. 2009. Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity. Journal of the American Medical Association, 293: 1861-1867.
11. Foresight. (2007). Tackling obesities: Future choices http://www.foresight.gov.uk
12. Gamson, W. A. and Modigliani, A. 1989. Media discourse and public opinion on nuclear power: A constructionist approach. American Journal of Sociology, 95: 1-37.
13. Gard, M. and Wright, J. 2005. The obesity epidemic: Science, morality and ideology, Oxon: Routledge.
14. JNRS. (2010). Joint national readership survey 2009/10 http://www.jnrs.ie/survey.htm
15. Kim, S.-H. and Willis, L. A. 2007. Talking about obesity: News framing of who is responsible for causing and fixing the problem. Journal of Health Communication, 12: 359-376.
16. Kwan, S. 2009. Framing the fat body: Contested meanings between government, activists, and industry. Sociological Inquiry, 79: 25-50.
17. Lawrence, R. G. 2004. Framing obesity: The evolution of news discourse on a public health issue. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 9(3): 56-75.
18. Leventhal, H., Meyer, D. and Nerenz, D. 1980. "The common-sense representation of illness danger". In Contributions to medical psychology, Edited by: Rachman, S. 7-30. New York: Pergamon Press.
19. Lissau, I. 2004. Overweight and obesity epidemic among children. Answer from European countries. International Journal of Obesity, 28: S10-S15.
20. McCombs, M. E. and Shaw, D. L. 1972. The agenda-setting function of mass media. Public Opinion Quarterly, 36: 176-187.
21. Morgan, K., McGee, H., Watson, D., Perry, I., Barry, M., Shelley, E. and Brugha, R. 2008. SLÁN 2007: Survey of lifestyle, attitudes & nutrition in Ireland. Main report, Dublin: Department of Health and Children.
22. Müller-Riemenschneider, F., Reinhold, T., Berghöfer, A. and Willich, S. 2008. Health-economic burden of obesity in Europe. European Journal of Epidemiology, 23: 499-509.
23. National Taskforce on Obesity. (2005). OBESITY: The policy challenges. The report of the National Taskforce on Obesity http://www.dohc.ie/publications/pdf/report_taskforce_on_obesity.pdf?direct=1 (Accessed: 14 March 2011).
24. Nelkin, D. 1995. Selling science: How the press covers science and technology, rev., New York: W. H. Freeman.
25. Nelson, T. E. and Oxley, Z. M. 1999. Issue framing effects on belief importance and opinion. Journal of Politics, 61: 1040-1067.
26. O'Brien, M. 2008. The Irish Times: A history, Dublin: Four Courts Press.
27. Page, B. I. and Shapiro, R. Y. 1983. Effects of public opinion on policy. American Political Science Review, 77: 175-190.
28. Phillips, D., Kanter, E., Bednarczyk, B. and Tastad, P. 1991. Importance of the lay press in the transmission of medical knowledge to the scientific community. New England Journal of Medicine, 325: 1180-1183.
29. Popkin, B. M. 2010. Recent dynamics suggest selected countries catching up to US obesity. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 91: S284-S288.
30. Ross, S., Walker, A. and MacLeod, M. J. 2004. Patient compliance in hypertension: Role of illness perceptions and treatment beliefs. Journal of Human Hypertension, 18: 607-613.
31. Saguy, A. C. and Almeling, R. 2008. Fat in the fire? Science, the news media, and the "obesity epidemic.". Sociological Forum, 23: 53-83.
32. Saguy, A. C. and Gruys, K. 2010. Morality and health: News media constructions of overweight and eating disorders. Social Problems, 57: 231-250.
33. Scheufele, D. A. and Tewksbury, D. 2007. Framing, agenda setting, and priming: The evolution of three media effects models. Journal of Communication, 57: 9-20.
34. Stuber, J., Meyer, I. and Link, B. 2008. Stigma, prejudice, discrimination and health. Social Science & Medicine, 67: 351-357.
35. Thorson, E. 2006. Print news and health psychology: Some observations. Journal of Health Psychology, 11: 175-182.
36. Vellinga, A., O'Donovan, D. and De La Harpe, D. 2008. Length of stay and associated costs of obesity related hospital admissions in Ireland. BMC Health Services Research, 8: 88
37. Verbeke, W., Ward, R. W. and Viaene, J. 2000. Probit analysis of fresh meat consumption in Belgium: Exploring BSE and television communication impact. Agribusiness, 16: 215-234.
38. Wallack, L., Dorfman, L., Jernigan, D. and Themba, M. 1993. Media advocacy and public health: Power for prevention, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
39. Wang, C. and Coups, E. 2010. Causal beliefs about obesity and associated health behaviors: Results from a population-based survey. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 7(1): 1-7.
40. World Health Organization. (2006). European Charter on Counteracting Obesity http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E89567.pdf