Journal article
Defining Obesity: Second-Level Agenda Setting Attributes in Black Newspapers and General Audience Newspapers
Journal of health communication, v 19(10), pp 1116-1129
03 Oct 2014
PMID: 24580535
Abstract
This content analysis study examines how obesity is depicted in general-audience and Black newspaper stories (N = 391) through the lens of second-level agenda setting theory. The results reveal that both Black newspapers and general-audience newspapers generally ascribe individual causes for obesity. While both types of newspapers largely neglected to mention solutions for the problem, Black newspapers were more likely than general-audience newspapers to suggest both individual and societal solutions for treating obesity. For Black newspapers, these solutions more often included community interventions. In addition, Black newspapers more often used a negative tone in stories and more frequently mentioned ethnic and racial minorities as at-risk groups.
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- Title
- Defining Obesity: Second-Level Agenda Setting Attributes in Black Newspapers and General Audience Newspapers
- Creators
- Hyunmin Lee - Saint Louis UniversityMaria E. Len-Rios - University of Missouri
- Publication Details
- Journal of health communication, v 19(10), pp 1116-1129
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- P50 CA095815 / NCI NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) P50CA095815 / NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Communication
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000342322300002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84916634491
- Other Identifier
- 991021862777404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Communication
- Information Science & Library Science