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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Newspaper coverage of food insecurity in UK, 2016–2019: a multi-method analysis

 

Include

Exclude

Article type

Articles that have had some editorial input (e.g. news articles, feature articles, letters from readers, opinions)

Reader-generated online comments

Context

Articles about real people and situations

TV listings or articles related to TV dramas, films, or fictional characters; articles about food insecurity in animals

Topic

Articles that are substantively about food insecurity – the problem, its drivers, or solutions

Articles that are not substantively about food insecurity i.e. mentioned in passing

Country

Articles about food insecurity in the UK

Articles about food insecurity in countries other than the UK

Unit of measurement

Articles about food insecurity at the household or individual level

Articles about food insecurity at the national or global level e.g. main topic is UK’s self-sufficiency in food production