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Table 2 General article descriptors

From: A comparative content analysis of media reporting of sports betting in Australia: lessons for public health media advocacy approaches

Newspaper Publication

Time Period One + Time Period Two

N = 241 (%)a

Time Period One: Dec 1 2012–30 June 2013

N = 114 (%)a

Time Period Two: Sept 1 2015–31 May 2016

N = 127 (%)a

 The Sydney Morning Herald

49 (20)

30 (26)

19 (15)

 The Herald Sun

39 (16)

13 (11)

26 (21)

 The Australian

38 (16)

6 (5)

32 (25)

 The Age

32 (13)

15 (13)

17 (13)

 The Daily Telegraph

17 (7)

12 (11)

5 (4)

 The Advertiser

16 (7)

9 (8)

7 (6)

 The Australian Financial Review

15 (6)

6 (5)

9 (7)

 The Courier-Mail

9 (4)

6 (5)

3 (3)

 Canberra Times

9 (4)

8 (7)

1 (1)

 The Mercury

7 (3)

4 (4)

3 (2)

 The West Australian

6 (3)

4 (4)

2 (2)

 Northern Territory News

4 (2)

1 (1)

3 (2)

Article Type

 News

93 (39)

50 (44)

43 (34)

 Miscellaneous

53 (22)

26 (23)

27 (21)

 Sport

46 (19)

25 (22)

21 (17)

 Business/ Finance

38 (16)

8 (7)

30 (24)

 Opinion/ Editorial

11 (5)

5 (4)

6 (5)

  1. aPercentages rounded to the nearest whole number