Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2010 Nov-Dec;18(6):486-95. doi: 10.1002/erv.1006.
Concern has been expressed about the adequacy of media reporting about eating disorders (EDs) and the impact of this on public understanding. We analyse messages about EDs in UK newspapers, comparing these with US news reports, and show changes over time and between types of newspaper.
Three thousand five hundred and eighty-three national press news articles were analysed using content and keyword analysis.
UK press coverage presents a more realistic clinical picture than US coverage. Profiling people with EDs, popular 'tabloid' newspapers give more details of clinical complications than serious 'broadsheet' newspapers, which focus more on research stories and public health concerns. The association of EDs with young, white, female 'celebrities' is constant over time, but medical views about causation and treatment are more prominent in later years.
Popular journalists pursue an entertainment agenda for their reporting of health stories and this study shows both the constraints and public education opportunities provided by this genre.
人们对媒体有关饮食失调（ED）的报道的充分性以及这对公众理解的影响表示关注。我们分析了英国报纸上有关 ED 的信息，将其与美国的新闻报道进行了比较，并展示了随时间的变化和报纸类型之间的变化。
使用内容和关键字分析，对 3583 篇全国新闻报纸文章进行了分析。
与美国的报道相比，英国新闻报道呈现出更现实的临床画面。将 ED 患者形象化，受欢迎的“小报”比专注于研究故事和公共卫生问题的严肃“大报”更详细地报道了临床并发症。ED 与年轻、白人、女性“名人”的关联是固定的，但在后期，医学对病因和治疗的看法更加突出。
受欢迎的记者为他们的健康故事报道追求娱乐议程，本研究展示了这种体裁既有限制性，也有公众教育机会。
