How can we make preventing sexual violence headline news?
by: Alisha Somji
posted on Monday, August 31, 2015
New research from BMSG explores media portrayals of sexual violence and how both journalists and advocates can work to improve coverage.
ACEs in the headlines: Coverage takes off in 2015
by: Alisha Somji
posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Although adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are still underrepresented in the news compared to other health issues, coverage has spiked recently. Why does this matter and what does it mean for advocates? Preliminary research from BMSG offers insights.
Tags: ACEs, adverse childhood experiences, childhood trauma, media, news, public health
News must highlight links between community violence and education
by: Lori Dorfman and Rachel Davis
posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Education can help transform our communities into safe and thriving places, yet new BMSG research shows that news outlets often fail to make the connection between schools and violence explicit. Here’s why reporters need to connect the two.
Tags: community safety, community violence, education, news
Soda tax debates in Berkeley and San Francisco: How were they covered in the news?
by: Laura Nixon
posted on Monday, June 29, 2015
Join us at this year’s Childhood Obesity Conference in San Diego, where we’ll share findings from our latest news analysis of soda tax debates and implications for public health advocates.
Tags: childhood obestiy conference, news analysis, soda tax, sugary drinks
Lessons in public health messaging: Q&A with Fernando Quintero
by: Allyson Frazier
posted on Friday, June 19, 2015
How public health messages are framed affects how the public and policymakers understand issues and what to do about them. PreventObesity.net’s Inside Track talks with BMSG’s Fernando Quintero about the pitfalls of one common type of framing and how advocates can avoid it.
Tags: framing, media advocacy, messaging, public health
How marketers target communities of color with junk food and sugary drinks
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Tuesday, June 02, 2015
At a San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee meeting, BMSG’s Fernando Quintero testified on the tactics food and beverage companies use to target communities of color with unhealthy products. The committee heard — and later recommended for adoption — three new sugary drinks bills at the June 1, 2015 meeting.
Tags: junk food, public health policy, sugar-sweetened beverages, sugary drinks, target marketing
Pushing back against beverage industry marketing and exploitation
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Friday, May 08, 2015
New California legislation would help combat diabetes in the communities that are the most affected by the disease — and the most targeted by sugary drink companies.
Tags: diabetes prevention, public health, sugary drinks, target marketing
How personal responsibility framing undermines efforts to improve public health
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Thursday, April 30, 2015
The “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” myth is pervasive in our culture and in the media. Here’s how advocates can reframe the conversation to better support health.
Tags: default frame, framing, personal responsibility, public health
What’s missing from news coverage of emergency contraception?
by: Katie Woodruff
posted on Monday, April 27, 2015
New BMSG research found that coverage so focused on the political controversy surrounding emergency contraception that it left real women’s voices out of the conversation.
Tags: emergency contraception, media advocacy, media analysis
Talking about #trauma: How conversations about childhood adversity are shared on Twitter
by: Laura Nixon and Pamela Mejia
posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Twitter is changing how people communicate all over the world — what are the implications for talking about childhood trauma?
Tags: ACEs, adverse childhood experiences, childhood adversity, childhood trauma, social media, Twitter