TV NEWS COVERAGE OF PLASTIC SURGERY, 1972-2004

From: Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: Cho, Sooyoung | Copyright information

TV NEWS COVERAGE OF PLASTIC SURGERY, 1972-2004

This study content analyzed all of the 265 news story abstracts on various types of plastic surgery from the five major TV networks during the past three decades. Coverage increased during the time periods, concentrating in the 1990s when public health controversy about breast implants erupted. Overall, TV network news coverage was most concerned with the issue of safety and health risk and framed coverage with an emphasis on risk. Unlike ...

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