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This chapter discusses the results of a research on media coverage of nutrition in Germany, an issue of great media interest in this country. The research objectives are to identify the most typical frames used in the coverage of the theme of nutrition, to point out the major debate topics and the related issues on this subject, and to outline the characteristics of the media coverage. The methodology used is the content analysis, applied to the German online media over a three-year period. The most frequent topics and frames in the German media coverage of nutrition are health and diets, including the risks associated with nutrition and food, and these subjects are addressed mostly in detailed analysis articles, usually providing information from reliable sources.
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Rodat, S. (2020). Media Coverage of the Topic “Nutrition” and Related Issues in German Online News. In: Marinescu, V. (eds) Food, Nutrition and the Media. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46500-1_8
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