title: Constructing public and political discourse on alcohol issues: towards a framework for analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the possibilities for research into news reporting and its role in reflecting and informing public and political beliefs and action in relation to alcohol and drinking practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  Studies on media and alcohol, focusing on the role of media in relation to alcohol consumption and drinking-related practices, policies and beliefs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most research on alcohol and media has focused on either advertising or entertainment media content, rather than on news reporting and its wider social implications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The role of news reporting could usefully be widened. We offer a framework for analysing the role of news media in relation to public debate and practice with regard to alcohol and drinking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, UK. ash@leicester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Barrie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gunter
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000523:psychology; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D003469:Culture; D004644:Emotions; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media; D011057:Politics; D011639:Public Opinion; D011640:Public Policy; D012940:Social Problems; D006113:United Kingdom