Table 2 Location and repetition of stories, including and focusing on claims about a link between alcohol and cancer (by page number, and news section), and headlines
From: An examination of Australian newspaper coverage of the link between alcohol and cancer 2005 to 2013
a. Article includes message that Alcohol causes Cancer [A➔C] (N = 1425)* | |||||||||
Page detail | Focuses on A➔C (n = 204)1 | Does not focus on A➔C (n = 1055)2 | Total all (% all) (n = 1259) | ||||||
Main section (n = 193) | Separate Lift-outs (n = 11) | Total (%) | Main section (n = 926) | Separate lift-outs (n = 129) | Total (%) | ||||
pp. 1–15 | 131 | 9 | 140 (69%) | 526 | 84 | 610 (58%) | 750 (60%) | ||
pp. 16+ | 62 | 2 | 64 (31%) | 400 | 45 | 445 (42%) | 509 (40%) | ||
Odd pages | 101 | 4 | 105 (51%) | 475 | 35 | 510 (48%) | 615 (49%) | ||
Even Pages | 92 | 7 | 99 (49%) | 451 | 94 | 545 (52%) | 644 (51%) | ||
b. Article includes message that Alcohol prevents or does not cause Cancer [A ≠ C](N = 93) | |||||||||
Page detail | Focuses on A ≠ C (n = 193) | Does not focus on A ≠ C (n = 53)4 | Total all (% all) (n = 72) | ||||||
Main section (n = 19) | Separate lift-outs (n = 0) | Total (%) | Main section (n = 42) | Separate lift-outs (n = 11) | Total (%) | ||||
pp. 1–15 | 9 | 0 | 9 (47%) | 17 | 8 | 25 (47%) | 34 (47%) | ||
pp. 16+ | 10 | 0 | 10 (53%) | 25 | 3 | 28 (53%) | 38 (53%) | ||
Odd pages | 7 | 0 | 7 (37%) | 23 | 2 | 25 (47%) | 32 (44%) | ||
Even pages | 12 | 0 | 12 63%) | 19 | 9 | 28 (53%) | 40 (56%) | ||
c. Topic mentioned in article headline | |||||||||
Topic in headline | Article focuses on alcohol/cancer story (n = 242)5 | Article does not focus on alcohol/cancer story (n = 1252)6 | Total all (% all) (n = 1494) | ||||||
Article states A➔C (n = 224) | Article states A ≠ C (n = 16) | Article states Both (n = 2) | Total | Article states A➔C (n = 1177) | Article states A ≠ C (n = 61) | Article states Both (n = 14) | Total | ||
Cancer | 25 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 386 | 7 | 1 | 394 | 421 (28%) |
Alcohol | 56 | 7 | 1 | 64 | 218 | 33 | 7 | 258 | 322 (21%) |
Neither | 52 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 555 | 18 | 6 | 579 | 633 (42%) |
Both | 91 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 118 (8%) |
d. Number of articles by repetition of a topic,7 and sources featured in repeated articles (NÂ =Â 739 articles) | |||||||||
No. of repetitions of topics (total topics) (total n = 172 topics) | |||||||||
Information source in article8 | 2–5 times (n = 141) | 6–9 times (n = 140) | 12–15 times (n = 91) | >15 times (n = 93) | Total | ||||
Alcohol advocacy9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | Â | |||
Cancer advocacy9 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 62 | 14511 Topics | |||
Other health promotors 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 | ||||
Education9 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 47 | ||||
Health services9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Generic10 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3211 Topics | |||
Industry10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Misc.10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||