Off the Radar Democracy: Young People’s Alternative Acts of Citizenship in Australia

Walsh, Lucas; Black, Rosalyn

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58250-4_12

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“…Yet Philip Morris International seems sincere in wanting to have people stop smoking combustible cigarettes—to go smoke-free—and switch over to e-cigs as an alternative. [27]…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire”: A Content Analysis of Print and Web-Based News Media Reporting of the Philip Morris–Funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World

Watts¹,

Freeman²

2019

JMIR Public Health Surveill

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Background In September 2017, the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW), a not-for-profit organization with a core purpose “to accelerate global efforts to reduce deaths and harm from smoking” was launched. However, the legitimacy of the FSFW’s vision has been questioned by experts in tobacco control because of the organization’s only funding partner, Philip Morris International (PMI). Objective This study aimed to examine the response to the FSFW in Web-based and print news media to understand how the FSFW and its funding partner, PMI, were framed. Methods News articles published within a 6-month period after the FSFW was announced were downloaded via Google News and Factiva and coded for topic, framing argument, slant, mention of tobacco control policies, and direct quotes or position statements. Results A total of 124 news articles were analyzed. The news coverage of the FSFW was framed by 6 key arguments. Over half of the news articles presented a framing argument in opposition to the FSFW (64/124, 51.6%). A further 20.2% (25/124) of articles framed the FSFW positively and 28.2% of articles (35/124) presented a neutral debate with no primary slant. The FSFW was presented as not credible because of the funding link to PMI in 29.0% (36/124) of articles and as a tactic to mislead and undermine effective tobacco control measures in 11.3% of articles (14/124). However, 12.9% of articles (16/124) argued that the FSFW or PMI is part of the solution to reducing the impact of tobacco use. Evidence-based tobacco control policies were mentioned positively in 66.9% (83/124) of news articles and 9.6% (12/124) of articles presented tobacco control policies negatively. Conclusions The Web-based and print news media reporting of the formation of the FSFW and its mission and vision has primarily been framed by doubt, skepticism, and disapproval.

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“…Yet Philip Morris International seems sincere in wanting to have people stop smoking combustible cigarettes—to go smoke-free—and switch over to e-cigs as an alternative. [27]…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire”: A Content Analysis of Print and Web-Based News Media Reporting of the Philip Morris–Funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World

Watts¹,

Freeman²

2019

JMIR Public Health Surveill

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“…Australia is witnessing a shift in young people's participation and acts of citizenship, with a move towards 'cause-or issue-based politics' [7]; p. 219). Children and young people are demonstrating acts of citizenship, when given the opportunity, in disaster prevention following their own lived experience [17].…”

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“…When young people are inlcuded in disaster management there are benefits for themselves, their peers, community and the environment at local, state and national levels. We also know that young people are seeking new ways to participate in community and civic engagement [7]. As rates of traditional volunteering and engagement decline, young people are increasingly focusing on new acts of citizenship that enable them to take an agentic role in issues that impact them and their future [7][8][9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We also know that young people are seeking new ways to participate in community and civic engagement [7]. As rates of traditional volunteering and engagement decline, young people are increasingly focusing on new acts of citizenship that enable them to take an agentic role in issues that impact them and their future [7][8][9]. They are searching for opportunities that recognise their motivation and acknowledge their capabilities, and are unconstrained by traditional volunteering expectations [8].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The paper does this by introducing Chris' powerful narrative of Loss, urgency, grief and loneliness that shares her lived experience of the bushfires and the climate crisis that motivated her to engage in the Program. Five key themes of youth citizenship from the young people's collective experience of the Program, (1) skills acquisition, (2) connections, (3) confidence, (4) flexibility, and (5) environmental focus, are introduced [7,9,10]. The paper then investigates how the program, aligned with young people's concerns for the climate crisis, empowered them to undertake locally focused, animal-welfare Programs in bushfire recovery.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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