This article outlines work in progress on project concerning interactions between the Chinese community New Zealand, ethnic media, mainstream English language particularly around Zealand 2020 general election. A wealth of past research has discussed media diaspora, and elections. study will go beyond previous to include as part resources available Zealanders considering participating voters For...

OBJECTIVE To identify key predictors of fast-food consumption from a range of demographic, attitudinal, personality and lifestyle variables. METHODS We analysed data from a nationwide survey (n = 20 527) conducted in Australia by Nielsen Media Research. Items assessing frequency of fast-food consumption at (1) eat in and (2) take away were regressed onto 12 demographic, seven media consumptio...

OBJECTIVE This article categorizes and describes current media campaigns to reduce college student drinking, reviews key principles of campaign design and outlines recommendations for future campaigns. METHOD The article describes three types of media campaigns on student drinking: information, social norms marketing, and advocacy. Key principles of campaign design are derived from work in co...

The two-month mass media campaign in Belgium on drug and alcohol consumption “Alcohol and other drugs. The facts and fictions” initiated in January 2008 has been evaluated shortly after by a phone survey. This article reports some indicators on the public awareness of the campaign, and the differences in the perception according to age groups and education levels. About 1,000 respondents (n=1,0...

Participation in online social media Web sites (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) has skyrocketed in recent years and created a new environment in which adolescents and young adults may be exposed to and influenced by alcohol-related content. Thus, young people are exposed to and display pro-alcohol messages and images through online portrayals of drinking on personal pages as well as unregulated alc...

Modelling the relationship between alcohol consumption and crime generates new knowledge for crime prevention strategies. Advances in data, particularly data with spatial and temporal attributes, have led to a growing suite of applied methods for modelling. In support of alcohol and crime researchers we synthesized and critiqued existing methods of spatially and quantitatively modelling the eff...