A new study shows that children in New Zealand are repeatedly exposed to marketing through multiple mediums and across all settings, suggesting that marketing privileges particular messages, for example, marketing of harmful commodities Researchers used an objective method of wearable cameras, to determine the nature and extent of children’s exposure to marketing. Children wore cameras from … Read More →
A new study investigates how manufacturers of harfum products, among which fossil fuels, smoking, alcohol and sweetened beverages, engage in misinformation tactics. The researchers conduct an experiment with five conditions, each receiving a message from one of the four industry sponsored organizations. One message, in the so-called ‘control condition’, was receiving a message from an … Read More →
Manufacturing doubt: Assessing the effects of independent vs industry-sponsored messaging about the harms of fossil fuels, smoking, alcohol, and sugar sweetened beverages Abstract Background Manufacturers of harmful products engage in misinformation tactics long employed by the tobacco industry to emphasize uncertainty about scientific evidence and deflect negative attention from their products. This study assessed the … Read More →
A new study analysis through a systematic research dives into how the alcohol industry funds youth education programmes to disseminate discourses, ideas ad values favorable to their positions. The researchers investigates teaching material from three school-based youth education initiatives focused on alcohol consumption and health harms: Drinkaware for Education, The Smashed Project (funded by Diageo), … Read More →
Atkinson, A. M., Meadows, B. R., Emslie, C., Lyons, A., & Sumnall, H. R. (2022). ‘Pretty in Pink’ and ‘Girl Power’: An analysis of the targeting and representation of women in alcohol brand marketing on Facebook and Instagram. International Journal of Drug Policy, 101, 1-12. 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103547 A new study analyses how women are targeted and … Read More →
December 15, 2021 by Eric Carlin. From Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP). A new post in which Dr Eric Carlin discusses the digital spaces we are exposed and vulnerable to, that he calls “limbic capitalism”. A reality in which our lives are surrounded by global industries marketing addictive, health-harming goods and services online. … Read More →
15 December 2021 By Dr Eric Carlin, Consultant, Public Health Expert (Alcohol Policies) with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe and one of the authors of the WHO/Europe digital marketing of alcohol report. In this post, Dr Eric Carlin first discusses that, as we now live much of our lives in digital … Read More →
December 12th, 2021 by Janet Boyle. From The Sunday Post Women are specifically targeted with drink promotions in the run-up to Christmas in an advertising blitz alarming experts. The advertising blitz consists of market champagne, fizzy wine and liqueurs to appeal women, with pink labels or bottles specifically designed to appeal women. If you search … Read More →
WHO 8-12-2021 Only 14 Member States of the WHO European Region indicated that they have a ban on alcohol marketing on the Internet and social media, states a new WHO publication. The report, “Digital marketing of alcohol: Challenges and policy options for better health in the WHO European Region” describes the developing digital ecosystem that … Read More →
December 2, 2021 The No escape: how alcohol advertising preys on children and vulnerable people report highlights the ways in which alcohol marketing can impact those in recovery. In this blog, Peter and Nikki share their stories of recovery and shine a light upon how alcohol marketing can make the journey more difficult. “I try … Read More →