Objectives This study analyzed the framing of news reports about obesity in daily newspapers in South Korea. A content analysis was conducted based on framing with the Health Belief Model.
Methods A total of 431 articles in four major daily newspapers...
Objectives This study analyzed the framing of news reports about obesity in daily newspapers in South Korea. A content analysis was conducted based on framing with the Health Belief Model.
Methods A total of 431 articles in four major daily newspapers published from October 2017 to September 2019 were analyzed.
Results Five HBM constructs - perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and cues to action - based on the Health Belief Model, were applied in the analysis. In the analyzed newspaper articles, the most frequently appearing construct was internal cues to action, followed by perceived susceptibility and perceived severity. However, other relatively few instances of constructs, including external cues to action, perceived benefits, and barriers, were found.
Conclusions Korean newspapers need to increase the amount of framing with external cues to action, perceived benefits, and barriers in their articles to facilitate the national public policy of reducing obesity.