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Television news, hegemony and health (letter)

The media frame stories to fit dominant perceptions of social problems, making the news an important vehicle for agenda-setting. Yet a content analysis of 20 hour-long segments of health messages on television revealed that health stories were not presented from a public health perspective. Rather, as this letter published in the American Journal of Public Health shows, stories focused more on medical technology, risk factors, and individual behavior or responsibility.