African media coverage of tobacco industry corporate social responsibility initiatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15540239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia A McDaniel (0000-0002-2750-4124, University of California, San Francisco, corresponding author), Brie Cadman (University of California, San Francisco), Ruth E Malone (0000-0002-3324-2183, University of California, San Francisco) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-143 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17441692.2016.1149203 |
| PMID | 26947737 |
| OpenAlex | W2297435795 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 37 |
Guidelines for implementing the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) recommend prohibiting tobacco industry corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, but few African countries have done so. We examined African media coverage of tobacco industry CSR initiatives to understand whether and how such initiatives were presented to the public and policymakers. We searched two online media databases (Lexis Nexis and Access World News) for all news items published from 1998 to 2013, coding retrieved items through a collaborative, iterative process. We analysed the volume, type, provenance, slant and content of coverage, including the presence of tobacco control or tobacco interest themes. We found 288 news items; most were news stories published in print newspapers. The majority of news stories relied solely on tobacco industry representatives as news sources, and portrayed tobacco industry CSR positively. When public health voices and tobacco control themes were included, news items were less likely to have a positive slant. This suggests that there is a foundation on which to build media advocacy efforts. Drawing links between implementing the FCTC and prohibiting or curtailing tobacco industry CSR programmes may result in more public dialogue in the media about the negative impacts of tobacco company CSR initiatives
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |