Rapid response media research will promote equity
By Jim Hanchett, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
Citing the urgent need for more effective and equitable health communication, three universities are collaborating on a unique research endeavor that will quickly identify developing public health issues, address conflicting messages and counter misinformation, funded with a newly announced $5 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Local TV news coverage of racial disparities in COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic
Our team recently published the results of a study exploring local TV news coverage of racial disparities in COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in Race and Social Problems (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-022-09372-5). This study examined how local TV news stories attributed causes and solutions for COVID-19-related racial health and social disparities, and whether coverage of such disparities changed after George Floyd’s murder.
COMM Team Leads Web Convenings to Connect Research to Journalists and Practitioners, Identify New Research Priorities
On December 2 and December 10, 2021, our team convened audiences of journalists, communication professionals, researchers and advocates to learn about and discuss research findings. On December 2, the team led a discussion on Storytelling and the Social Safety Net, while the session on December 10 focused on Communicating about Race, Class, and Health Equity.
Cumulative Exposure to Political Campaign Ads about Crime Increases Crime Worry among Republicans
In a recently published study in The International Journal of Press/Politics, our team of researchers, led by Jiawei Liu, examined the content of political campaign ads about crime during the 2016 U.S. election cycle, and the consequences of cumulative exposure to political campaign ads about crime on crime worry.
Narrative Approach Can Change Minds on Child Care Spending
By Tom Fleischman
How do you capture hearts and minds when it comes to increasing public support for policies and programs related to early childhood education?
According to new multi-institution research led by Jeff Niederdeppe, professor in the Department of Communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, that all depends on whose hearts and minds are in the audience.
New Study on Paid Family Leave on Local Television News in the U.S.
Our team, led by Margaret Tait, recently published the results of a study exploring local television news coverage related to paid family leave policy in SSM-Population Health. A team of trained coders conducted a content analysis of relevant local news stories airing in 2018 and 2019 on the four major networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX) in all 210 media markets in the U.S.
Synthesizing Knowledge and Gaps in Research to Inform Communication Strategies in Building a Culture of Health
On January 15, 2020, the COMM HSP team convened an invitation-only research workshop called “Synthesizing Knowledge and Gaps in Research to Inform Communication Strategies in Building a Culture of Health”, held at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
Our research led by @yiwei_xu_ shows that social determinants of COVID-19 related racial disparities were covered in local TV news in 2020. However, most stories described racial disparities without any causal explanations, and racism was rarely mentioned: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-022-09372-5
Our team's work is profiled in this @RWJF #CultureofHealth blog post
https://www.rwjf.org/en/blog/2022/02/what-research-tells-us-about-effective-advocacy-might-surprise-you.html?cid=xsh_rwjf_tw
Our core team includes researchers at three institutions: Cornell University, Wesleyan University, and the University of Minnesota.
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