By examining the publicily identified top two health problems in the United States, this
research, using an experimental design, investigates whether different news frame …

Based on a public health model of obesity, this study set out to examine whether a news
article reporting the obesity issue in a societal versus individual frame would increase …

This study examines whether changing the way news stories report on health can induce
shifts in readers' perceptions of problems of obesity, diabetes, immigrant health, and …

In the last 10 years, rising rates of obesity in the United States have drawn significant and
increasing public attention from various quarters, which has led to commensurately …

This experiment explored the effects of thematic and episodic and gain and loss frames on
emotional responses and attribution of responsibility. Also, it analyzed whether or not …

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 current study applied a theory of newsworthiness to the topic of organ donation.
Specifically, content analysis of newspaper stories published in the United States (N= 1,988) …

The influence of news media on audience cognitions, attitudes, and behaviors in the realm
of politics, race relations, science, and health has been extensively documented (Finnegan …

This study examines the effects of goal framing on opinion about a public health issue. A
content analysis of newspaper coverage regarding a New York City trans fat ban identified …

Obesity is an epidemic plaguing American society. The current study adds to a growing body
of framing research as it examines the portrayal of obesity on television network news in two …