1. Social Determinants of Health as a Lens for Understanding Local News Reporting.
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Skinner, Daniel, Orozco, Marcella, Wiant, Olivia, and Banks, Ashley
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SAFETY , *SOCIAL determinants of health , *PRESS , *MASS media , *COMMUNITIES , *QUALITATIVE research , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *RESEARCH funding , *METROPOLITAN areas , *THEMATIC analysis , *NEIGHBORHOOD characteristics - Abstract
While scholars have long examined media bias, few studies have systematically examined how media represents health within American urban neighborhoods. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of 10 years of news articles of one Ohio neighborhood, the authors apply a social determinants of health (SDOH) lens to the coverage of one urban newspaper. The study's aim is to understand what a SDOH approach might tell us about local and ongoing coverage of historically challenged neighborhoods. Findings reinforce those of previous studies from health communication and media studies which document a disproportionate emphasis on crime, but also push the conversation further to show how the health aspects of housing and food instability, unemployment, and non-crime safety concerns, are often elided in news coverage. The authors argue that the SDOH lens affords journalists a framework for ensuring that their reporting adequately captures the drivers of poor health in American urban neighborhoods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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