- Title
- Media reporting on alcohol and other drugs in Australia and the Mindframe guidelines: Baseline data
- Creator
- Sunderland, Matthew; Kershaw, Stephanie; Ward, Caitlin; Bryant, Zachary; Teesson, Lily; Whittle, Rebecca; Paton, Elizabeth; Charnley, Janine L.; Skehan, Jaelea
- Relation
- Drug and Alcohol Review Vol. 42, Issue 5, p. 1078-1086
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13622
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Introduction: The aim of this study was to generate a baseline database of print media reporting on alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues prior to the release of the Mindframe guidelines in March 2019. Specifically, to: (i) describe the content associated with media entries that focus on AOD use in Australian news media; (ii) determine how the media entries compare to several domains associated with recently developed Mindframe guidelines for publicly reporting on AOD; and (iii) identify content factors associated with different scores. Methods: Media entries between July 2016 and June 2017 were searched for key AOD-related terms using the Australian and New Zealand Newsstream database. Two coding schemes were developed to rate a stratified sample of 50% of the media entries against the Mindframe guidelines. Associations between content and total comparison scores were determined using linear regression models. Results: Detailed coding of the 2007 articles identified as relevant for the current study indicated that a majority (67%) were focused on one of three substances: alcohol, cannabis or methamphetamine. Most of the entries were either law enforcement (22%) or criminal justice related (19%). Entries that focused on methamphetamine scored significantly lower than entries on alcohol when compared to the Mindframe guidelines, similarly entries focused on crime/justice-related topics scored significantly lower than entries focused on positive outcomes. Discussion and Conclusions: A disproportionate number of print media entries, particularly those related methamphetamine use, focused on crime or justice-related topics, potentially further contributing to stigma, and emphasising the legal consequences of AOD use.
- Subject
- alcohol; cannabis; media monitoring; methamphetamine; stigma
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1489234
- Identifier
- uon:52652
- Identifier
- ISSN:0959-5236
- Rights
- x
- Language
- eng
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