News Media Outreach and Newspaper Coverage of Tobacco Control

Pederson, Linda L.; Nelson, David E.; Babb, Stephen; London, Joel; Promoff, Gabbi; Pechacek, Terry F.

doi:10.1177/1524839911424907

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“…30 Coordinated media outreach, press releases and media notification of research findings are all proven strategies. [47][48][49][50] Social media platforms should also be more systematically embraced due to their increasing popularity and promising evidence on their potency for public health communication and advocacy. 51 52 The most common in support argument was that regulation was incomplete and needed to be scaled up to a total ban on TAPS.…”

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“It is merely a paper tiger.” Battle for increased tobacco advertising regulation in Indonesia: content analysis of news articles

Astuti

Freeman

2017

BMJ Open

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ObjectiveAt the end of 2012, the Indonesian government enacted tobacco control regulation (PP 109/2012) that included stricter tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) controls. The PP did not ban all forms of TAPS and generated a great deal of media interest from both supporters and detractors. This study aims to analyse stakeholder arguments regarding the adoption and implementation of the regulation as presented through news media converge.DesignContent analysis of 213 news articles reporting on TAPS and the PP that were available from the Factiva database and the Google News search engine.SettingIndonesia, 24 December 2012–29 February 2016.MethodsArguments presented in the news article about the adoption and implementation of the PP were coded into 10 supportive and 9 opposed categories. The news actors presenting the arguments were also recorded. Kappa statistic were calculated for intercoder reliability.ResultsOf the 213 relevant news articles, 202 included stakeholder arguments, with a total of 436 arguments coded across the articles. More than two-thirds, 69% (301) of arguments were in support of the regulation, and of those, 32.6% (98) agreed that the implementation should be enhanced. Of 135 opposed arguments, the three most common were the potential decrease in government revenue at 26.7% (36), disadvantage to the tobacco industry at 18.5% (25) and concern for tobacco farmers and workers welfare at 11.1% (15). The majority of the in support arguments were made by national government, tobacco control advocates and journalists, while the tobacco industry made most opposing arguments.ConclusionsAnalysing the arguments and news actors provides a mapping of support and opposition to an essential tobacco control policy instrument. Advocates, especially in a fragmented and expansive geographic area like Indonesia, can use these findings to enhance local tobacco control efforts.

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“It is merely a paper tiger.” Battle for increased tobacco advertising regulation in Indonesia: content analysis of news articles

Astuti

Freeman

2017

BMJ Open

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“…In the present study, nearly three‐quarters of all articles related to six themes. Because of the constant competition for space in newspapers, it is possible that certain themes such as cessation support may be deemed un‐newsworthy at other times during the year and are ‘pushed out’ by other tobacco‐related news items 16 . In addition to this, tobacco‐related themes in general could be under‐represented in response to other competing news topics.…”

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Newspaper coverage of tobacco control in New Zealand

McGee

Bang

Marsh

2014

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: The New Zealand (NZ) government has proposed that the country be 'Smokefree' by 2025. This paper examines how NZ newspapers have portrayed tobacco control initiatives to achieve this goal. Method:We examined tobacco-related articles from NZ newspapers published between 1 November 2011 and 31 October 2012, using a coding frame to capture smoking themes, portrayal of actions and degree of support expressed for various pro-and anti-tobacco control objectives.Results: A total of 537 separate articles were obtained from national and regional newspapers. Six themes appeared in more than 5% of the total articles: Smokefree 2025; smokefree areas; pricing; tobacco industry; plain packaging; and cessation. Overall, articles on tobacco smoking were three times more likely to emphasise actions consonant with tobacco control objectives rather than against them, and to report them with a positive rather than negative tone.Conclusions: NZ tobacco control advocates can take heart from the nature and extent of coverage of tobacco control initiatives. Opportunities for further media advocacy are discussed.

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“…Finally, a handful of studies have examined the effectiveness of news media outreach efforts by public health groups and medical journals (De Semir, Ribas, Reveulta, 1998;Mebane et al, 2003;Pederson et al, 2012;Stillman et al, 2001;Stryker, 2002). These studies have suggested that such efforts may increase the news media's coverage of issues and publications, the prominence of the resulting coverage, and the news media's pickup of specific messages regarding these issues and publications.…”

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