ArticleInternational journal of communication2021
News Media Coverage of E-Cigarettes: An Analysis of Themes in Chinese Newspapers.
Article in International journal of communication, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of E-Cigarette Marketing Communication: Messages, Communication Channels, and Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Reasons for not using e-cigarettes among adults who smoke: findings from the 2019-2021 Euromonitor International's Voice of the Consumer: Nicotine Survey in 20 countries.BMC public health · 2025Article
- IQOS news media coverage in Israel: a comparison across three subpopulations.Tobacco control · 2025Article
- Media Search Frequency, Source Credibility About e-Cigarette Health Information, and Motivation to Quit EC Among University Students in Chengdu, China.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Exploring electronic cigarette portrayals: a content and thematic analysis of African online news coverage.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
- The portrayal of electronic cigarettes in Indonesia: a content analysis of news media.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Receiving and giving electronic cigarettes as gifts in China: Findings from International Tobacco Control China Survey.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Electronic cigarette related topics with conflicting arguments in Chinese newspapers.Tobacco induced diseases · 2022Article
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Abstract
News media play an important role in shaping public perceptions of e-cigarettes and influencing relevant policies. This study aims to describe the prominent themes in the Chinese newspaper reporting of e-cigarettes and examine how the salience of themes changed over time. Quantitative content analysis and qualitative thematic analysis of 639 e-cigarette-related news stories from 2014 to 2019 were conducted. Seven themes were found: health impact, usage, smoking cessation, youth, regulation, industry development, and description of e-cigarettes, with industry development being a unique theme in Chinese newspapers compared with newspapers in other countries. Although the health impact theme remained dominant throughout all time periods, the other themes showed different salience at different time periods, and e-cigarette reports increasingly focused on regulation in recent years. Frequent reporting by Chinese newspapers on e-cigarette-related research, legislation, and social problems in other countries, based on foreign media coverage, might point at an international media agenda setting effect.
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