by Libby Copeland | The Washington Post
Monday, July 21, 2014
Citing BMSG research on news coverage of domestic violence, this Washington Post article discusses how some of the language that media use to report on domestic homicides lets perpetrators off the hook by rationalizing their behavior.
by Jean Tepperman | East Bay Express
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Soda consumption isn’t just a health issue — it’s a social justice issue. As BMSG’s Lori Dorfman points out in this article, soda companies aggressively market to youth of color and do so by exploiting cultural identities, music and images.
by Anna Lapp̩ | Al Jazeera America
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
by Dana Woldow | BeyondChron
Monday, March 03, 2014
The soda industry is sparing no expense in its opposition to a proposed tax in San Francisco. A new study from BMSG, which reveals the strategies and arguments Big Soda used to defeat taxes in two other California cities, offers insight into what tactics voters can expect.
by Lisa Aliferis | KQED's State of Health
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
In 2012, voters in the California cities of Richmond and El Monte soundly defeated proposed taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages. The ballot measures were widely covered by local, state and national press. An analysis of that coverage, released today by the Berkeley Media Studies Group, looks at what themes were covered on both sides of the debate.
by Staff | SaludToday Blog
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
In 2012, two California cities with large Latino populations, Richmond and El Monte, failed in their attempts to pass a tax on sugary drinks. A new study by Berkeley Media Studies Group found that the soda industry influenced news coverage of the two ballot measures, but did so in a behind-the-scenes way.
by Jeff Okey | The California Endowment
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
by Jill Filipovic | The Guardian
Monday, February 03, 2014
The purpose of Coca-Cola’s ad, which highlighted America’s diversity, wasn’t just to celebrate the reality of a multi-ethnic country. Citing BMSG research on target marketing, Jill Filipovic shows it was to sell soda to rapidly-expanding but vulnerable populations, even if that means contributing to serious health problems, exploiting divides in class and education, and exacerbating racial inequality.
by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Politico
Monday, November 25, 2013
by Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch | PreventObesity.net
Thursday, November 21, 2013
As childhood obesity advocates look to protect the public from unhealthy food and beverage products and marketing, they should study how an early group of public health advocates took on another industry Goliath — and won. New research from BMSG and the Public Health Advocacy Institute examines how cigarettes were portrayed during the early years of tobacco control and discusses how this influenced the movement to reduce smoking and what this means for advocates fighting other public health battles today.
