Analysis of Media Coverage on Breastfeeding Policy in Washington State

DeMarchis, Alessandra; Ritter, Gaelen; Otten, Jennifer J.; Johnson, Donna B.

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“…Nutrition advocates were vocal in their calls for government action and the government responsibility frame was most frequently used, which supports a growing body of evidence that shows when media reports on nutrition policies this frame is more likely to be used to demonstrate how government can implement change such as through the taxing of sugar or improving nutrition labelling. [37][38][39][40] The societal frame was not a dominant frame in this analysis. This frame was used to identify correlations between social determinants of health and poor nutrition and health outcomes.…”

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“…44 However, the dominant use of the government responsibility frame in this study supports emerging international evidence that when media reports on proposed nutrition polices, the government responsibility frame is more dominant and may be an indication that media reporting is changing. [37][38][39][40] The use of the nanny-state frame criticised government regulation for impinging on personal freedoms. There was little challenge to this hyperbole from nutrition advocates, which is consistent with findings from other studies which found health advocates did little to contest nanny-state rhetoric when used by opponents of regulation.…”

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Framing of nutrition policy issues in the Australian news media, 2008‐2018

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Cullerton

2021

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Framing of nutrition policy issues in the Australian news media, 2008‐2018

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Cullerton

2021

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…There is little information on how media coverage on breastfeeding influences a country's breastfeeding enabling environment (Bridges, Howell, & Schimied, 2018;Brown & Peuchaud, 2008; DeMarchis, Ritter, Otten, & Johnson, 2018). This study addressed this gap by conducting a review to document the degree and content of media coverage related to breastfeeding in Mexico following the assessment of the country's breastfeeding enabling environment in 2016 (González de Cosío, Ferré, Mazariegos & Pérez-Escamilla, 2018).…”

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Content analysis of media coverage of breastfeeding in Mexico

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Buccini

Hromi‐Fiedler

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Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Media can be a powerful communication tool to promote breastfeeding programs, influence mother's breastfeeding behaviour, and generate support among stakeholders for breastfeeding. Yet, there is little information on how media coverage influences a country's breastfeeding enabling environment. This study addressed this gap by conducting a retrospective content analysis of documents published between January 1, 2017 and January 1, 2018 to analyse the media coverage related to breastfeeding in Mexico. Content analysis was based on the breastfeeding gear model and a strategic planning technique to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for enabling the national breastfeeding environment. Media coverage of breastfeeding was more frequent in August (36% of all documents). The top three topics commonly covered by the media were advocacy events promoting breastfeeding, promotion campaigns, and changes in breastfeeding legislation and policy. In general, the media coverage focused on strengths of specific breastfeeding policies. There was limited news coverage of key factors that negatively influenced or threatened the breastfeeding environment. Findings support the need to design strategies to engage the media covering in more depth and breadth diverse aspects of breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support efforts in Mexico.

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“…Although advocacy and communication can start at problem definition, the iterative sequence now formalizes presentation of arguments to capture buy-in and support, and to minimize and/or skillfully mitigate resistance. Core systematic methods encourage the acknowledgement of weaknesses and opposing arguments (Barry et al, 2019;DeMarchis et al, 2018;Fischer, 1995;Fischer & Gottweis, 2012McGinty et al, 2016), in order to legitimate the alternative choice (Boydstun et al, 2013;Coontz, 2015;Mulderrig, 2017;Nowlin, 2016;Zarefsky, 2008). Analysts can plan interaction with a number of venues, that is, legislative, judicial, or media channels (Buffardi et al, 2015;Huwyler et al, 2018;Langer & Brace, 2005),…”

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The Susceptibility of Policy Analysis to Cultural Bias: Policy Analytic Methods and Cultural Theory

Drake

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This dissertation is a research study which identifies and explores the causality between "social unit" cultural bias (as the independent variable) and the core systematic methods of policy analysis (as the dependent variable).The study is based on two theories: The "Stages" Approach to Policy Analysis and Grid/Group-Cultural Theory. Each is operationalized through a comparative research design that applies for the first time, the Geva-May Model of Policy Analysis by Cultural Bias. The findings obtained support the Hypothesis that policy analysis is susceptible to cultural bias. The primary contributions of the dissertation are the operationalization and testing of this theoretical model, the advancement of theories of policy analysis and culture, and the identification of implications for practice and additional perspectives towards a future research agenda.

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Analysis of Media Coverage on Breastfeeding Policy in Washington State

Cited by 5 publications

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Framing of nutrition policy issues in the Australian news media, 2008‐2018

Framing of nutrition policy issues in the Australian news media, 2008‐2018

Content analysis of media coverage of breastfeeding in Mexico

The Susceptibility of Policy Analysis to Cultural Bias: Policy Analytic Methods and Cultural Theory

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