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Table 1 Quantitative content analysis of 76 blog posts

From: Reframing healthy food choices: a content analysis of Australian healthy eating blogs

Assessment Criteria

% (a)

Purpose

 Purpose explicitly stated

97%

 Purpose implied

3%

Content Knowledge

 Procedural knowledge (90–100%)

64%

 Mainly Declarative with at least 40% focusing on procedural knowledge

17%

 Declarative Knowledge (90–100%)

11%

 Not applicable

8%

Adherence to the Australian Dietary Guidelines

 Explicitly adheres

43%

 Somewhat adheres

17%

 Does not adhere

7%

 Not applicable

33%

Writing Style

 Conversational and active voice

100%

 Somewhat conversational and active

0%

 Passive voice

0%

Vocabulary

 Use of common words, technical jargon explained and use of imaginary

100%

language

0%

 Use of common words and technical jargon not explained

0%

 Use of uncommon words and extensive jargon is used

 

Layout

100%

 Illustrations are used, layout is consistent, visual cues, adequate white space and appropriate use of colour

 

 Some criteria of the above are present

0%

 Layout is uninviting or hard to read

0%

  1. (a) Percentage of blog posts relating to each criterion