Local and standardized strategies: A content analysis of newspaper food and beverage advertising in Jamaica

Ahn, Regina; Nelson, Michelle R.; Ferguson, Gail M.

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“…However, the more affordable, accessible and desired diet has become high in sugar and fat content. Increasing mass advertisements for SSBs and fast foods on physical billboards, newspapers and digital social media add significantly to the urban and rural landscapes of Jamaica’s sugar economy and environment – including the sugarcane fields [ 38 ].…”

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Situating commercial determinants of health in their historical context: a qualitative study of sugar-sweetened beverages in Jamaica

Barnett-Naghshineh,

Warmington,

Altink

et al. 2023

Global Health

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Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of mortality across the Caribbean and similar regions. Structural determinants include a marked increase in the dependency on food imports, and the proliferation of processed foods, including sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). We focused on Jamaica as a case study and the health challenge of SSBs, and situated contemporary actions, experiences and policies within their historical context to investigate underlying drivers of commercial determinants of health and attempts to counter them. We asked: how can a historical perspective of the drivers of high level SSB consumption in Jamaica contribute to an enhanced understanding of the context of public health policies aimed at reducing their intake? Methods An ethnographic approach with remote data collection included online semi-structured interviews and workshops with 22 local experts and practitioners of health, agriculture and nutrition in Jamaica and attending relevant regional public webinars on SSBs and NCD action in the Caribbean. Our analysis was situated within a review of historical studies of Caribbean food economies with focus on the twentieth century. Jamaican and UK-based researchers collected and ethnographically analysed the data, and discussed findings with the wider transdisciplinary team. Results We emphasise three key areas in which historical events have shaped contextual factors of SSB consumption. Trade privileged sugar as a cash crop over food production during Jamaica’s long colonial history, and trade deregulation since the 1980s through structural adjustment opened markets to transnational companies. These changes increased Jamaican receptiveness to the mass advertisement and marketing of these companies, whilst long-standing power imbalances hampered taxation and regulation in contemporary public health actions. Civil society efforts were important for promoting structural changes to curb overconsumption of SSBs and decentring such entrenched power relations. Conclusion The contemporary challenge of SSBs in Jamaica is a poignant case study of commercial determinants of health and the important context of global market-driven economies and the involvement of private sector interests in public health policies and governance. Historically contextualising these determinants is paramount to making sense of the sugar ecology in Jamaica today and can help elucidate entrenched power dynamics and their key actors.

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Situating commercial determinants of health in their historical context: a qualitative study of sugar-sweetened beverages in Jamaica

Barnett-Naghshineh,

Warmington,

Altink

et al. 2023

Global Health

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“…This present research views Ansary and Babaii (2005) and Zarza and Tan (2016) as a guide, and tries to investigate variation in Pakistani newspaper editorials otherwise than the schematic structures. Furthermore, there is another noteworthy research (e.g., Ahn et al, 2020; Billeaudeaux et al, 2003; Bonyadi, 2010; Burroughs, 2015; Fartousi & Dumanig, 2012; Fosu, 2014) that is not though relevant in terms of variation in newspaper editorials yet is very important to mention here to provide a practical reference of research on newspapers.…”

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Exploring linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials through multidimensional analysis

Fatima,

Siddique,

Ahmad

et al. 2023

Newspaper Research Journal

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This research investigated linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials employing multidimensional analysis to identify: distinguished language feature; and linguistic variation in the light of textual dimensions model. Corpus comprised 1,000 editorials from four newspapers. Results showed the distinguished use of nouns, public verbs and sentence relatives thereby the editorials were found focusing on narrative, explicit and informational discourse. These results led to conclude about the presence of linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials.

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“…Sosyal bilimler literatüründe ağırlıklı olarak ekonomi, sosyoloji, psikoloji ve iletişim perspektifleriyle özellikle pazarlama ve reklam alanında hedonizm olgusu merkeze alınarak ya da halk bilimi yaklaşımıyla bölgesel ve yöresel gıda ürünlerinin tüketimi konularına odaklanılarak çalışılan yemek pratiği ve rutini, toplumsal "farklılıkların" ve "eşitsizliklerin" en önemli ve belirgin sembollerinden biridir (bkz. Sadakaoğlu, Alkan, 2022; Uçan, Girgin ve Karaman, 2021; Karyelioğlu, 2021;Kanbir, 2021;Yu ve Liu, 2021;Demirel ve Karanfiloğlu, 2020;Ahn, Nelson ve Ferguson, 2020;Hershko, Cortese, Ert, Aronis, Maeir ve Pollak, 2019;Özdemir, 2018;Ersal ve Görgülü, 2017;Şahin, Bağcı, Özlü ve Usta, 2017;Uzel, 2016;Bekar ve Dönmez, 2016;Chan, Kwortnik ve Wansink, 2016;Dhar ve Baylis, 2011;Chernin, 2008).…”

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Lokma Understanding and Practices of Balören Village Region Alevi Community

TAPAN

2023

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Kimliğin bir ifadesi olarak toplumsal bağları güçlendiren yemek kültürü, taşıdığı mitsel ve sembolik anlamlarla bir grubun gelenek ve göreneklerini, tarihini ve inanç sistemini yansıtabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, Alevi topluluğunda yemek erkânının, mitler ve semboller bağlamında gündelik hayat pratiği ve inanç sistemi ile ilişkisini araştırmak amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmada, yemek kültürü ve kimlik arasındaki ilişkiyi inceleyebilmek amacıyla öncelikle yemek kültüründe ritüel, mit ve sembollerin işlevleri ele alınmıştır. İkinci bölümde ise söz konusu bu erkân, mit ve semboller ile ortak atalar, soy ve köken arasındaki ilişki değerlendirilmiştir. Son olarak, Alevi geleneğinin yemek erkânında bölgeler arası farklılıkları analiz edebilmek amacıyla literatürdeki çalışmalara yer verilmiştir. Çalışmada, Kocaeli Balören Köyü’nde ikamet eden ya da kendisini Alevi kimliğiyle tanımlayan 18 kişi ile yüz yüze görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Ayrıca, 1 Nisan 2023 tarihinde yapılan Bağlantı Cemi ve 14 Mayıs 2023 tarihinde gerçekleştirilen Gönül Birliği lokması, katılımcı gözlemci olarak incelenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları, Kocaeli Balören Köyü yöresi Alevilerinin cemlerde, geçiş ve özel gün sofralarında lokma geleneğini sürdürdüğünü göstermiştir. Muharrem, Hızır ve Kasım oruçlarında ve musâhiblik, düşkünlük, görgü, dardan indirme ve bağlantı cemlerindeki erkânlarda kurban edilerek yapılan yemekler (lokmalar) ve bulgur/pirinç pilavı, gözleme, lokum, börek, yufka, poğaça, kıvırma tatlısı, aşure, tulumba tatlısı ve un helvası yapıldığı tespit edilmiştir. Musâhiblik ceminde, musâhibler tarafından yenilen süt, elma, bal ve üzüm yiyeceklerinin kutsal sayıldığı ortaya çıkmıştır. Ayrıca, cemlerde yapılan yemek erkânları aracılığıyla grup kimliğine yönelik sadakatin tesis edildiği ve Balören Köyü’nde ikâmet eden Alevi topluluğuna mensup bireylerin kolektif yükümlülük ve fedakârlık pratiklerinin güçlendirildiği belirlenmiştir.

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Local and standardized strategies: A content analysis of newspaper food and beverage advertising in Jamaica

Cited by 6 publications

References 55 publications

Situating commercial determinants of health in their historical context: a qualitative study of sugar-sweetened beverages in Jamaica

Situating commercial determinants of health in their historical context: a qualitative study of sugar-sweetened beverages in Jamaica

Exploring linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials through multidimensional analysis

Lokma Understanding and Practices of Balören Village Region Alevi Community

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