Content analysis of tobacco content in UK television

Aims: Exposure to audio-visual tobacco content in media is a risk factor for smoking in young people. Whilst tobacco content in films has been extensively documented, content in mainstream television has received relatively little attention. We report an analysis of tobacco content in a sample of UK...

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Main Authors: Barker, Alexander, Whittamore, Kathy H., Britton, John, Cranwell, Jo
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52708/
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author Barker, Alexander
Whittamore, Kathy H.
Britton, John
Cranwell, Jo
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Whittamore, Kathy H.
Britton, John
Cranwell, Jo
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description Aims: Exposure to audio-visual tobacco content in media is a risk factor for smoking in young people. Whilst tobacco content in films has been extensively documented, content in mainstream television has received relatively little attention. We report an analysis of tobacco content in a sample of UK free-to-air prime-time television broadcasts in 2015, and compare this with a similar analysis from 2010. Design: Content analysis of all programmes and advertisements or trailers broadcast on the five national UK free-to-air channels in the UK between 6 and 10p.m. during three separate weeks in September, October and November 2015. Setting: Great Britain. Participants: None (media analysis only) Measurements: Occurrence of any tobacco, tobacco use, implied use, other tobacco reference/related objects and branding in every one-minute coding interval. Findings: Tobacco content occurred in 33% of all programmes and 8% of all adverts or programme trailer breaks. Actual tobacco use occurred in 12% of all programmes broadcast. Tobacco-related objects, primarily no-smoking signs, occurred in 2% of broadcasts; implied tobacco use and tobacco branding were also rare. The majority of tobacco content occurred before the 9p.m. watershed. Conclusions: These findings are virtually unchanged from our earlier analysis of programme content from 2010. Audio-visual tobacco content remains common in UK television programmes
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spelling nottingham-527082020-05-04T19:42:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52708/ Content analysis of tobacco content in UK television Barker, Alexander Whittamore, Kathy H. Britton, John Cranwell, Jo Aims: Exposure to audio-visual tobacco content in media is a risk factor for smoking in young people. Whilst tobacco content in films has been extensively documented, content in mainstream television has received relatively little attention. We report an analysis of tobacco content in a sample of UK free-to-air prime-time television broadcasts in 2015, and compare this with a similar analysis from 2010. Design: Content analysis of all programmes and advertisements or trailers broadcast on the five national UK free-to-air channels in the UK between 6 and 10p.m. during three separate weeks in September, October and November 2015. Setting: Great Britain. Participants: None (media analysis only) Measurements: Occurrence of any tobacco, tobacco use, implied use, other tobacco reference/related objects and branding in every one-minute coding interval. Findings: Tobacco content occurred in 33% of all programmes and 8% of all adverts or programme trailer breaks. Actual tobacco use occurred in 12% of all programmes broadcast. Tobacco-related objects, primarily no-smoking signs, occurred in 2% of broadcasts; implied tobacco use and tobacco branding were also rare. The majority of tobacco content occurred before the 9p.m. watershed. Conclusions: These findings are virtually unchanged from our earlier analysis of programme content from 2010. Audio-visual tobacco content remains common in UK television programmes BMJ Publishing Group 2019-07 Article PeerReviewed Barker, Alexander, Whittamore, Kathy H., Britton, John and Cranwell, Jo (2019) Content analysis of tobacco content in UK television. Tobacco Control, 28 (4). pp. 381-385. ISSN 1468-3318 https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/28/4/381 doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054427 doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054427
spellingShingle Barker, Alexander
Whittamore, Kathy H.
Britton, John
Cranwell, Jo
Content analysis of tobacco content in UK television
title Content analysis of tobacco content in UK television
title_full Content analysis of tobacco content in UK television
title_fullStr Content analysis of tobacco content in UK television
title_full_unstemmed Content analysis of tobacco content in UK television
title_short Content analysis of tobacco content in UK television
title_sort content analysis of tobacco content in uk television
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