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Social Determinants of Health as a Lens for Understanding Local News Reporting.
- Source :
- Health Communication; Oct2023, Vol. 38 Issue 9, p1793-1799, 7p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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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]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10410236
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Communication
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164942490
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2035083