Unhealthy Fun: Food and Beverage References in Comedy Series

Mayrhofer, Mira; Naderer, Brigitte und Binder, Alice (2020): Unhealthy Fun: Food and Beverage References in Comedy Series. In: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Bd. 97, Nr. 1: S. 257-277

Abstract

We analyzed comedy series for food and beverage references, with particular attention to their type of presentation, along with the characteristics of actors associated with the references. Because the generally positive tone of comedy series can exert affective influence over audiences, the result that clearly unhealthy products appeared more often (food: 51.6%; beverage: 40.5%) than clearly healthy ones (food: 11.2%; beverage: 19.6%) could be especially problematic. Moreover, women (56.5%; men: 47.4%) and African American characters (62.7%; Caucasians: 51.5%; Other: 44.7%) were significantly more often associated with unhealthy foods, which could prompt stereotypes of such individuals.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Sozialwissenschaften > Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaft, Soziologie
• ISSN: 1077-6990
• Sprache: Englisch