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This resource library catalogues our collective work relevant to media and messaging for health and social policy. You can browse by our overall areas of focus, research methodology, type of media we examine, and the specific topics we study. Many of our research studies are behind a journal paywall, but we are happy to share resources with you. If you are interested in any studies that you cannot access here, please contact info@commhsp.org

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Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict :

Social Safety Net :

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Early childhood education or childcare :

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Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act :

Family or paid leave :

Obesity / healthy weight / nutrition :

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Vaccines :

Cancer :

Alcohol :

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COVID-19 :

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Disparity / inequity / social determinants of health :

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Advertisements	News -print/online	News -TV	Entertainment media	Advocacy messaging	Title	Publication / Source	Authors	Content analysis	Survey research / general public	Randomized experiments	Observational / population studies	Qualitative research / interviews / focus groups	Synthesis or review articles	Method	Longitudinal studies	Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict	Social Safety Net	Storytelling for Social Change	Race, Class, and Social Policy	Focus Areas	Early childhood education or childcare	Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act	Obesity / healthy weight / nutrition	Mental health / substance use	Vaccines	Cancer	Alcohol	Tobacco	COVID-19	Race / racism	Disparity / inequity / social determinants of health	ResourceKey	Year
					Seeing more and eating less: Effects of portion size granularity on the perception and regulation of food consumption (2018)	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	Lewis, Neil A., Jr.; Earl, Allison			Randomized experiments									Race, Class, and Social Policy				Obesity / healthy weight / nutrition									23J7LLM8	2.018
			Entertainment media		A content analysis of physical activity in TV shows popular among adolescents (2017)	Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport	Gietzen, Megan S.; Gollust, Sarah E.; Linde, Jennifer A.; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne; Eisenberg, Marla E.	Content analysis															Obesity / healthy weight / nutrition									27UDE96X	2.017
	News -print/online				Communicating population health: Print news media coverage of type 2 diabetes (2009)	Social Science & Medicine	Gollust, Sarah E.; Lantz, Paula M.	Content analysis												Communicating about Health Equity											Disparity / inequity / social determinants of health	2F9WNXBZ	2.009
					All things being equal: Distinguishing proportionality and equity in moral reasoning (2020)	Social Psychological and Personality Science	Skurka, Chris; Winett, Liana B.; Jarman-Miller, Hannah; Niederdeppe, Jeff		Survey research / general public							Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict				Communicating about Health Equity											Disparity / inequity / social determinants of health	2JSLQLD8	2.020
					Information From Same‐Race/Ethnicity Experts Online Does Not Increase Vaccine Interest or Intention to Vaccinate (2022)	The Milbank Quarterly	Gadarian, Shana Kushner; Goodman, Sarah Wallace; Michener, Jamila; Nyhan, Brendan; Pepinsky, Thomas B.			Randomized experiments									Race, Class, and Social Policy						Vaccines							2UHQMFBL	2.022
	News -print/online				Chapter Six - Effects of politicized media coverage: Experimental evidence from the HPV vaccine and COVID-19 (2022)	Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science	Fowler, Erika Franklin; Nagler, Rebekah H.; Banka, Darshana; Gollust, Sarah E.			Randomized experiments						Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict									Vaccines				COVID-19			2UKPTNY3	2.022
Advertisements					Socioeconomic variation in recall and perceived effectiveness of campaign advertisements to promote smoking cessation (2011)	Social Science & Medicine	Niederdeppe, Jeff; Farrelly, Matthew C.; Nonnemaker, James; Davis, Kevin C.; Wagner, Lauren				Observational / population studies									Communicating about Health Equity								Tobacco			Disparity / inequity / social determinants of health	34NSI4IF	2.011
Advertisements					Changes in marketplace competition and television advertising by insurers (2021)	American Journal of Managed Care	Shafer, Paul R.; Anderson, David M.; Baum, Laura M.; Fowler, Erika Franklin; Gollust, Sarah E.				Observational / population studies						Social Safety Net					Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act										35C959YG	2.021
					Engaging consumers in Medicaid program design: strategies from the states (2021)	The Milbank Quarterly	Zhu, Jane M.; Rowland, Ruth; Gunn, Rose; Gollust, Sarah E.; Grande, David T.					Qualitative research / interviews / focus groups					Social Safety Net		Race, Class, and Social Policy			Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act										383U3PZU	2.021
					This is what Americans will really dislike about the House ‘Trumpcare’ bill (2017)	Washington Post	Fowler, Erika Franklin; Baum, Laura M.; Laermer, Courtney H.; Gollust, Sarah E.		Survey research / general public	Randomized experiments				Commentaries / op-eds / research briefs / blogs		Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict	Social Safety Net					Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act										3C9XXRFB	2.017
		News -TV			Local television news coverage of the Affordable Care Act: Emphasizing politics over consumer information (2017)	American Journal of Public Health	Gollust, Sarah E.; Baum, Laura M.; Niederdeppe, Jeff; Barry, Colleen L.; Fowler, Erika Franklin	Content analysis								Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict	Social Safety Net					Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act										44DWTLNZ	2.017
					Public and political opinion on medicaid (2021)	Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Issue Briefs	Zhu, Jane; Gollust, Sarah; Yang, Yuan-Chi; Sarker, Abeed; Grande, David							Commentaries / op-eds / research briefs / blogs			Social Safety Net					Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act										46JZINBM	2.021
					The behavior of same-race others and its effects on Black patients' attention to publicly presented HIV-prevention information (2020)	Health Communication	Lewis, Neil A., Jr.; Kougias, Daniel G.; Takahashi, Koji J.; Earl, Allison			Randomized experiments									Race, Class, and Social Policy	Communicating about Health Equity										Race / racism	Disparity / inequity / social determinants of health	4BLVEJHW	2.020
		News -TV			Politicizing Masks? Examining the Volume and Content of Local News Coverage of Face Coverings in the U.S. Through the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024)	Political Communication	Neumann, Markus; Moore, Steven T.; Baum, Laura M.; Oleinikov, Pavel; Xu, Yiwei; Niederdeppe, Jeff; Lewis Jr., Neil; Gollust, Sarah E.; Fowler, Erika Franklin	Content analysis								Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict													COVID-19			4M93GIVZ	2.024
Advertisements					Effects of messages from a media campaign to increase public awareness of childhood obesity (2014)	Obesity	Barry, Colleen L.; Gollust, Sarah E.; McGinty, Emma E.; Niederdeppe, Jeff			Randomized experiments									Race, Class, and Social Policy				Obesity / healthy weight / nutrition									4NDB8TW7	2.014
				Advocacy messaging	The Importance of Dreaming About (and Mobilizing to Create) Equitable Futures (2025)	Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law	Lewis, Neil, Jr.							Commentaries / op-eds / research briefs / blogs				Storytelling for Social Change		Communicating about Health Equity											Disparity / inequity / social determinants of health	4TIA26JB	2.025
Advertisements					Assessing the content of television health insurance advertising during three open enrollment periods of the ACA (2018)	Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law	Barry, Colleen L; Bandara, Sachini; Arnold, Kimberly T.; Pintor, Jessie Kemmick; Baum, Laura M.; Niederdeppe, Jeff; Karaca-Mandic, Pinar; Fowler, Erika Franklin; Gollust, Sarah E.	Content analysis							Longitudinal studies	Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict						Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act										4ZMGJEVB	2.018
					Communication and health behavior in a changing media environment (2015)	Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice	Viswanath, Kasisomayajula; Finnegan, John R.; Gollust, Sarah E.						Synthesis or review articles							Communicating about Health Equity												54PUS8EP	2.015
				Advocacy messaging	Competing with big business: a randomised experiment testing the effects of messages to promote alcohol and sugary drink control policy (2017)	BMC Public Health	Scully, Maree; Brennan, Emily; Durkin, Sarah; Dixon, Helen; Wakefield, Melanie; Barry, Colleen L.; Niederdeppe, Jeff			Randomized experiments								Storytelling for Social Change									Alcohol	Tobacco				574728U9	2.017
					News coverage of vaccine controversies drives down support for vaccines (2015)	Washington Post	Fowler, Erika Franklin; Gollust, Sarah E.							Commentaries / op-eds / research briefs / blogs		Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict									Vaccines							58TURJ47	2.015
Advertisements					Evaluation of a social marketing campaign to support Mexico City's comprehensive smoke-free law (2011)	American Journal of Public Health	Thrasher, James F.; Huang, Liling; Pérez-Hernández, Rosaura; Niederdeppe, Jeff; Arillo-Santillán, Edna; Alday, Jorge				Observational / population studies																	Tobacco				5KNVKJZ4	2.011
	News -print/online				Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Are a Racial Justice Issue (2022)	The Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief	Michener, Jamila							Commentaries / op-eds / research briefs / blogs					Race, Class, and Social Policy			Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act								Race / racism		5VS9CER6	2.022
Advertisements					Smoking-cessation media campaigns and their effectiveness among socioeconomically advantaged and disadvantaged populations (2008)	American Journal of Public Health	Niederdeppe, Jeff; Fiore, Michael C.; Baker, Timothy B.; Smith, Stevens S.				Observational / population studies									Communicating about Health Equity								Tobacco			Disparity / inequity / social determinants of health	5Y94D4WU	2.008
				Advocacy messaging	Testing strategies to increase source credibility through strategic message design in the context of vaccination and vaccine hesitancy (2020)	Health Communication	Xu, Yiwei; Margolin, Drew; Niederdeppe, Jeff			Randomized experiments															Vaccines							64ALLMXG	2.020
				Advocacy messaging	Evidence-based message strategies to increase public support for state investment in early childhood education: Results from a longitudinal panel experiment (2021)	The Milbank Quarterly	Niederdeppe, Jeff; Winett, Liana B.; Xu, Yiwei; Fowler, Erika Franklin; Gollust, Sarah E.			Randomized experiments					Longitudinal studies		Social Safety Net	Storytelling for Social Change		Communicating about Health Equity	Early childhood education or childcare											68QT6VYT	2.021
Advertisements					As Trump guts ACA’s ad budget, a tour of the evidence on how advertising affects insurance sign-ups (2017)	Center for Health Journalism	Fowler, Erika Franklin; Gollust, Sarah E.	Content analysis			Observational / population studies			Commentaries / op-eds / research briefs / blogs		Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict	Social Safety Net					Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act										6DYBKFWK	2.017
					Americans' perceptions of disparities in COVID-19 mortality: Results from a nationally-representative survey (2020)	Preventive Medicine	Gollust, Sarah E.; Vogel, Rachel I.; Rothman, Alexander; Yzer, Marco; Fowler, Erika Franklin; Nagler, Rebekah H.		Survey research / general public							Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict			Race, Class, and Social Policy	Communicating about Health Equity									COVID-19			6E3S4GT5	2.020
					Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages: results from a 2011 national public opinion survey (2013)	American Journal of Preventive Medicine	Barry, Colleen L.; Niederdeppe, Jeff; Gollust, Sarah E.		Survey research / general public							Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict							Obesity / healthy weight / nutrition									6E9LPFL9	2.013
					Beyond fear of backlash: Effects of messages about structural drivers of COVID-19 disparities among large samples of Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White Americans (2025)	Social Science & Medicine	Lewis, Neil A.; Porticella, Norman; Liu, Jiawei; Taylor, Teairah; Michener, Jamila; Barry, Colleen L.; Nagler, Rebekah H.; Gollust, Sarah; Moore, Steven T.; Fowler, Erika Franklin; Niederdeppe, Jeff		Survey research / general public	Randomized experiments										Communicating about Health Equity									COVID-19			6LKCRKQN	2.025
				Advocacy messaging	Messaging to increase public support for naloxone distribution policies in the United States: Results from a randomized survey experiment (2015)	PLOS ONE	Bachhuber, Marcus A.; McGinty, Emma E.; Kennedy-Hendricks, Alene; Niederdeppe, Jeff; Barry, Colleen L.			Randomized experiments								Storytelling for Social Change						Mental health / substance use								6TM5NFTH	2.015
					Playing fair: fairness beliefs and health policy preferences in the United States (2010)	Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law	Lynch, Julia; Gollust, Sarah E.		Survey research / general public											Communicating about Health Equity											Disparity / inequity / social determinants of health	6XH8ZM9D	2.010
					Arguments supporting and opposing legalization of safe consumption sites in the U.S. (2019)	International Journal of Drug Policy	Barry, Colleen L.; Sherman, Susan G.; Stone, Elizabeth; Kennedy-Hendricks, Alene; Niederdeppe, Jeff; Linden, Sarah; McGinty, Emma E.		Survey research / general public							Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict								Mental health / substance use								6XMUQVTP	2.019
		News -TV			Does local television news coverage cultivate fatalistic beliefs about cancer prevention? (2010)	Journal of Communication	Niederdeppe, Jeff; Fowler, Erika Franklin; Goldstein, Kenneth; Pribble, James	Content analysis			Observational / population studies															Cancer						73ESXEQZ	2.010
				Advocacy messaging	Excess medical care spending: an opportunity but a communication challenge (2020)	American Journal of Public Health	Niederdeppe, Jeff; Gollust, Sarah E.							Commentaries / op-eds / research briefs / blogs			Social Safety Net					Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act										7DV4JWHK	2.020
Advertisements					The volume of TV advertisements during the ACA’s first enrollment period was associated with increased insurance coverage (2017)	Health Affairs	Karaca-Mandic, Pinar; Wilcock, Andrew; Baum, Laura; Barry, Colleen L.; Fowler, Erika Franklin; Niederdeppe, Jeff; Gollust, Sarah E.				Observational / population studies					Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict	Social Safety Net					Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act										7FBAYIUF	2.017
					Using New Techniques to Examine the Past: A Computational Assessment of the First 50 Years of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (2025)	Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law	Gollust, Sarah E.; Kim, Yujin; Espinoza Kissell, Paul; Fowler, Erika Franklin	Content analysis														Health insurance / Medicaid / Affordable Care Act										7FK7N8XJ	2.025
		News -TV			The evolution of mammography controversy in the news media: A content analysis of four publicized screening recommendations, 2009-2016 (2019)	Women's Health Issues: Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health	Nagler, Rebekah H.; Franklin Fowler, Erika; Marino, Nora; Mentzer, Kari M.; Gollust, Sarah E.	Content analysis								Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict										Cancer						7LNHNRA3	2.019
					US adults’ preferences for race-based and place-based prioritisation for COVID-19 vaccines (2021)	Journal of Medical Ethics	Schmidt, Harald; Shaikh, Sonia Jawaid; Sadecki, Emily; Gollust, Sarah		Survey research / general public											Communicating about Health Equity									COVID-19			7V22LNG6	2.021
	News -print/online				Picturing obesity: Analyzing the social epidemiology of obesity conveyed through US news media images (2012)	Social Science & Medicine	Gollust, Sarah E.; Eboh, Ijeoma; Barry, Colleen L.	Content analysis															Obesity / healthy weight / nutrition									7ZWJVUJM	2.012
				Advocacy messaging	Public views about health causation, attributions of responsibility, and inequality (2013)	Journal of Health Communication	Lundell, Helen; Niederdeppe, Jeff; Clarke, Christopher					Qualitative research / interviews / focus groups				Polarization, Politicization, and Conflict				Communicating about Health Equity											Disparity / inequity / social determinants of health	8AV95TYS	2.013

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