Representations of cycling in metropolitan newspapers - changes over time and differences between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia

Rissel, C; Bonfiglioli, C; Emilsen, A; Smith, B

Representations of cycling in metropolitan newspapers - changes over time and differences between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia

Rissel, C Bonfiglioli, C Emilsen, A Smith, B

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Publisher:: BioMed Central Ltd
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Citation:: Rissel Chris et al. 2010, 'Representations of cycling in metropolitan newspapers - changes over time and differences between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia', BioMed Central Ltd, vol. 10, pp. 371.1-371.8.
Issue Date:: 2010

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dc.contributor.author	Rissel, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bonfiglioli, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Emilsen, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Smith, B	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-02-07T06:24:50Z
dc.date.available	2011-02-07T06:24:50Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en_US
dc.identifier	2009008320	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Rissel Chris et al. 2010, 'Representations of cycling in metropolitan newspapers - changes over time and differences between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia', BioMed Central Ltd, vol. 10, pp. 371.1-371.8.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1471-2458	en_US
dc.identifier.other	C1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13800
dc.description.abstract	Background Cycling is important for health, transport, environmental and economic reasons. Newspaper reporting of cycling reflects and can influence public and policy maker attitudes towards resource allocation for cycling and cycling infrastructure, yet such coverage has not been systematically examined. Methods The Factiva electronic news archive was searched for articles referring to cycling published in four major metropolitan newspapers - two in Sydney and two in Melbourne, Australia, in the years from 1998 until 2008. After excluding articles not about cycling, there were 61 articles published in 1998, 45 in 1999, 51 in 2003, 82 in 2007 and 87 in 2008. Each article was coded for positive or negative orientation, and for framing of cyclists and cycling. Inter-rater reliability was calculated on a sample of 30 articles. Results Over the past decade there has been an increase in the reporting of cycling in the major newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne (from 106 in 1998/99 to 169 stories in 2007/08), with a significant increase in reporting of cycling in Melbourne, from 49 to 103 stories (p = 0.04). Recent reporting of cycling was generally positive (47% of articles, compared with 30% of articles which were negative) and focused on benefits such as health and the environment. Three quarters of negative stories involved injury or death of a cyclist. The Sydney based The Daily Telegraph reported the most negative stories (n = 60). We found positive framing of 'cycling' was more widespread than negative, whereas framing of 'cyclists' was more negative than positive.	en_US
dc.publisher	BioMed Central Ltd	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	BMC Public Health	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Verified OK	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-371	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Journalism and Professional Writing	en_US
dc.title	Representations of cycling in metropolitan newspapers - changes over time and differences between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia	en_US
dc.type	Journal article
utslib.citation.volume	10	en_US
utslib.location	United Kingdom	en_US
utslib.citation.startpage	371.1	en_US
utslib.citation.endpage	371.8	en_US
utslib.identifier.org	FASS.Journalism, Information & Media Studies Group	en_US
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Abstract:

Background Cycling is important for health, transport, environmental and economic reasons. Newspaper reporting of cycling reflects and can influence public and policy maker attitudes towards resource allocation for cycling and cycling infrastructure, yet such coverage has not been systematically examined. Methods The Factiva electronic news archive was searched for articles referring to cycling published in four major metropolitan newspapers - two in Sydney and two in Melbourne, Australia, in the years from 1998 until 2008. After excluding articles not about cycling, there were 61 articles published in 1998, 45 in 1999, 51 in 2003, 82 in 2007 and 87 in 2008. Each article was coded for positive or negative orientation, and for framing of cyclists and cycling. Inter-rater reliability was calculated on a sample of 30 articles. Results Over the past decade there has been an increase in the reporting of cycling in the major newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne (from 106 in 1998/99 to 169 stories in 2007/08), with a significant increase in reporting of cycling in Melbourne, from 49 to 103 stories (p = 0.04). Recent reporting of cycling was generally positive (47% of articles, compared with 30% of articles which were negative) and focused on benefits such as health and the environment. Three quarters of negative stories involved injury or death of a cyclist. The Sydney based The Daily Telegraph reported the most negative stories (n = 60). We found positive framing of 'cycling' was more widespread than negative, whereas framing of 'cyclists' was more negative than positive.

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