The Converstation; Australia, June 6, 2024 It’s a Friday night and you’re scrolling through Facebook, mindlessly thumbing past photos from friends, when a liquor advertisement catches your eye. It promises one-hour delivery and 30% off, and the next thing you know your Friday night has an entirely different trajectory. It’s no secret the alcohol industry … Read More →
www.miragenews.com/; 4 June 2024 A new pilot study analysing screen recordings from young people’s online activity has found that companies are targeting them with ads for harmful products including alcohol, gambling and junk food. The report, #Digital Youth – How children and young people are targeted with harmful product marketing online, found that the ads … Read More →
Wiley, Online Library; Nathan Critchlow, Crawford Moodie, Karine Gallopel-Morvan; 24 May 2024 Abstract Background Statutory options for restricting alcohol advertising include limiting it to product-orientated information and requiring health warnings. We assess the impact of removing positive contextual factors from alcohol advertising and including a health warning among adults in the United Kingdom (UK). Methods We conducted … Read More →
Drug and Alcohol review; april 2024; Antonia C. Lyons, Kate Kersey, Carol Emslie, Elena Dimova, Annamae Burrows Abstract Issues Alcohol marketing on social media platforms is pervasive and effective, reaching wide audiences and allowing interaction with users. We know little about the gendered nature of digital alcohol marketing, including how women and men are portrayed, how different genders respond … Read More →
Drug and Alcohol Review; Norman Giesbrecht, Emilene Reisdorfer and Kevin Shield; May 2024 Abstract Issues: Advertising and marketing affect alcohol use; however, no single systematic review has covered all aspects of how they affect alcohol use, and how the alcohol industry views alcohol marketing restrictions.Approach: Two systematic reviews of reviews were performed according to the … Read More →
Social Science & Medicine; 22 May 2024; Karine Gallopel-Morvan a, Jacques François Diouf b, Nicolas Sirven a Highlights Alcohol advertising content regulations can protect young people Effectiveness of regulated alcohol advertising is stronger for younger people Non-regulated advertising (NRA) increases intention to drink and buy alcohol This effect of NRA may be explained by creative elements that convey symbolic cues Warnings implemented in … Read More →
Guégan, E., Zenone, M., Mialon, M. , Karine Gallopel-Morvan; #Bartender: portrayals of popular alcohol influencer’s videos on TikTok©. BMC Public Health 24, 1384 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18571-1 Abstract Background Despite widespread use of the short-video social media platform TikTok©, limited research investigates how alcohol is portrayed on the platform. Previous research suggests that a driver of alcohol content … Read More →
Guégan, E., Zenone, M., Mialon, M. Karine Gallopel-Morvan; #Bartender: portrayals of popular alcohol influencer’s videos on TikTok©. BMC Public Health 24, 1384 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18571-1 Abstract Background Despite widespread use of the short-video social media platform TikTok©, limited research investigates how alcohol is portrayed on the platform. Previous research suggests that a driver of alcohol content on TikTok©, in … Read More →
The Standard; 21 May 2024; By Stephanie Wangari The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA, Kenya) announced a nationwide crackdown on billboards promoting alcoholic beverages near schools. In a statement on Monday, NACADA said exposure to outdoor alcohol advertising around schools was associated with youth intentions to use the beverage. Further, … Read More →
May 17th ; www.newsday.co.zw; By Kristina Sperkova and Labran Musa Alcohol endorsements from celebrities increase the risk of alcohol use and harm among teenagers. IN 2020, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a scientific analysis of the future of the world’s children. With this analysis they revealed the two main crises … Read More →