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The influence of local journalism: An examination of local televised news stories about Black youth and mental health in Minneapolis

Written by commhsp on August 8, 2026. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on The influence of local journalism: An examination of local televised news stories about Black youth and mental health in Minneapolis

In this two-phase project, we aimed to understand how news media narratives surrounding mental health shape Black youth’s perceptions of mental health needs in Minneapolis. A media scan of local television news paired with focus groups with Black youth (13-19 years old) living in the Minneapolis area highlighted the intersectional impact of...

Participatory Research to Build Narrative Power: Results from Research to Support Community Organizing

Written by commhsp on July 31, 2026. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on Participatory Research to Build Narrative Power: Results from Research to Support Community Organizing

In fall 2022, Center for Health Progress (CHP) and the Collaborative on Media and Messaging (COMM HSP) jointly launched a community-based participatory research project to explore how grassroots narrative power can disrupt deeply entrenched myths about the U.S. healthcare system and motivate collective action toward transformation. Below, we...

A Year-End Q & A with the Minnesota COMM HSP Early Career Team

Written by commhsp on December 23, 2025. Posted in Uncategorized.

Over the past three years, the University of Minnesota COMM HSP team has engaged many early career researchers, including masters students, doctoral students, masters-level research coordinators, and a postdoctoral fellow.

Public Opinion on Threats to Public Health and Science

Written by commhsp on November 3, 2025. Posted in hide.

Public Concern about Threats to Public Health and Science Remains Modest

How do U.S. Media Cover Native American People? Preliminary Findings from an Analysis of 2024 U.S. Local TV News

Written by commhsp on October 22, 2025. Posted in Uncategorized.

By Quin Mudry-Nelson When over 5,500 non-Native survey respondents were asked to recall depictions of Native Americans they had seen or heard about in film and television, they had little to say. In other words, researchers found that both well-known living and deceased Native American people escape the general public’s memory.

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Federal Communication About the COVID-19 Vaccine: Missed Opportunities to Counter Health Skepticism

Written by commhsp on September 12, 2025. Posted in Uncategorized.

By Margaret Tait

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Changing public health narratives is possible with the right infrastructure: A conversation with social scientist Sarah Gollust

Written by commhsp on September 11, 2025. Posted in Uncategorized.

This blog post was originally published on the BMSG website.

The One-Sided Narrative on Immigration and Its Consequences

Written by commhsp on September 2, 2025. Posted in Uncategorized.

By Natália de Paula Moreira, Muna Hassan, Yujin Kim, Meiqing Zhang, Breeze Floyd, Erika Franklin Fowler

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An Update on Attention to Racism and Counter-Messaging in 2025

Written by commhsp on May 28, 2025. Posted in Uncategorized.

The Collaborative on Media and Messaging (COMM) for Health and Social Policy has previously identified evidence for robust and growing counter-messaging and news attention to policies and initiatives designed to combat structural racism and health equity.

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April 2025 Public Opinion on Medicaid

Written by commhsp on May 23, 2025. Posted in hide.

These tables provide results from a survey we conducted April 7 – 27 using the probability-based SSRS Opinion Panel. We surveyed more than 1500 U.S. residents (roughly half who identified as Black and half who identified as White) and weighted the results to reflect national population distributions. Our findings have a margin of error of +/-...