efranklinfowler.bsky.social
Prof @ Wesleyan U; Co-Director of WesMediaProject (@wesmediaproject.bsky.social & mediaproject.wesleyan.edu); policomm, polisci, public opinion & health policy scholar; member of Collaborative on Media & Messaging for Health & Social Policy (commhsp.org)
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Congrats! Looking forward to reading!
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Which is why we note that talking about public support matters as does emphasizing the benefits for everyone. 7/7
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In that light, there is real potential for renewed public conversation highlighting the need for continued efforts and the fact that the majority of Americans still support these initiatives. 6/
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In short, the information environment in both ads and in news for the last several years has lacked messages that might support public understanding of the need to remove structural barriers to promote racial and health equity, and in fact have featured just the opposite. 5/
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Preliminary analyses from 2024 show that while immigration surpassed law and order for the top talking point among Republicans, the patterns we identified in 2022 persisted. When Dems chimed in on immigration, they also focused on law enforcement/safety frames, not positive frames. 4/
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In sharp contrast to gender-related topics, race-related messaging came from both parties, but more likely to be led by Republicans, and importantly, there was very little attention to discussion of racial injustice or structural barriers that produce inequities. 3/
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In addition to tracking news media, we have also been monitoring political advertising over the same period. In our assessment of the 2022 published in @jhppl.bsky.social, we noted that the race-related messaging was focused on crime, which tend to convey negative stereotypes about race. 2/
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“The Food Stamps program in the 1960s has been estimated to have produced $62 of social value for each additional $1 invested in the program…Other programs providing health care & education for children have similar social returns. Maybe we should be spending more on these programs, not less!”