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Talking about Obesity: News Framing of Who Is Responsible for Causing and Fixing the Problem

Kim, Sei-Hill, Anne Willis, L.·2007·Journal of Health Communication
DOI 10.1080/10810730701326051
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Analyzing newspaper articles and television news, we explore how American news media have framed the issue of obesity. More specifically, we analyze the way the media present the question of who is responsible for causing and fixing the problem. Our data reveal that over the last 10 years, mentions of personal causes and solutions significantly have outnumbered societal attributions of responsibility. Recently, however, a balance was established between individualistic and societal attributions of responsibility. Mentions of societal causes and solutions have increased considerably, whereas decreasing numbers of personal solutions have appeared in the media. Findings also indicate that television news is more likely than newspapers to mention personal solutions, but less likely to attribute the responsibility to society.

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  • The prevailing narrative of obesity in news coverage, public health campaigns, and political discourse-centered heavily on notions of personal responsibility-can play an important part in the expression of weight stigma and reinforce weight-based stereotypes.

    “These findings suggest that the prevailing narrative of obesity in news coverage, public health campaigns, and political discourse—centered heavily on notions of personal responsibility72,73—can play an important part in the expression of weight stigma and reinforce weight-based stereotypes74.”

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Authors
Kim, S.-H., & Anne Willis, L.
Affiliations
Auburn University (US)
Corresponding author
Kim, Sei-Hill
Venue
Journal of Health Communication
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2007-06-14
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
359-376
ISSN
  • 1081-0730 (ISSN-L)
  • 1087-0415
DOI
10.1080/10810730701326051
OpenAlex
W2163618189
Cited by
426
References
2
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Health Communication (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity and Health Practices
  • Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Media Influence and Health
Keywords
obesity, news framing, media coverage of obesity, attribution of responsibility, television news, newspapers, health communication
MeSH terms
Attitude to Health, Communication, Humans, Newspapers as Topic, Obesity, Public Opinion, Social Conditions, Television, United States, Bibliometrics, Causality

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