title: Defining obesity: second-level agenda setting attributes in black newspapers and general audience newspapers.
abstract: This content analysis study examines how obesity is depicted in general-audience and Black newspaper stories (N=391) through the lens of second-level agenda setting theory. The results reveal that both Black newspapers and general-audience newspapers generally ascribe individual causes for obesity. While both types of newspapers largely neglected to mention solutions for the problem, Black newspapers were more likely than general-audience newspapers to suggest both individual and societal solutions for treating obesity. For Black newspapers, these solutions more often included community interventions. In addition, Black newspapers more often used a negative tone in stories and more frequently mentioned ethnic and racial minorities as at-risk groups.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Communication , Saint Louis University , Saint Louis , Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: Hyunmin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: María E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Len-Ríos
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D058015:Health Communication / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009765:Obesity