From the Magic Bullet to Family Mealtime: An Analysis of the Obesity Epidemic in Time and Newsweek

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dc.contributor.advisorStabile, Carolen_US
dc.contributor.authorLayn, Laurenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-03T23:32:41Z
dc.date.available2013-10-03T23:32:41Z
dc.date.issued2013-10-03
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines news articles to see if obesity has been framed as a moral panic by looking at how the coverage understands the causes of obesity and its solutions. A qualitative textual analysis of 100 articles and 28 images from Time and Newsweek was done spanning 1986 to 2012. I found that the obesity "epidemic" was first discussed as problem of individual responsibility and that the best cure was medicine. The narrative shifted to childhood obesity around 2004 and cited parents as the responsible party while suggesting family bonding as a solution to childhood obesity. I find that the media dialogue around obesity points to individuals rather than systemic factors as the cause of obesity and, in so doing, takes the focus off of social and economic inequalities that are also factors in the obesity epidemic.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/13256
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectEpidemicen_US
dc.subjectFramingen_US
dc.subjectMoral panicen_US
dc.subjectNewsweeken_US
dc.subjectObesityen_US
dc.subjectTimeen_US
dc.titleFrom the Magic Bullet to Family Mealtime: An Analysis of the Obesity Epidemic in Time and Newsweeken_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool of Journalism and Communicationen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US

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