The contribution of media analysis to the evaluation of environmental interventions: the commuting and health in Cambridge study.

Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968562 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2458 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712458 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001-

Health Promotion* ; Mass Media* ; Public Health*; Adult ; Aged ; Bibliometrics ; Female ; Humans ; Interviews as Topic ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Qualitative Research ; Social Media ; United Kingdom

Background: Media content can increase awareness of, and shape interactions with, public health interventions. As part of a natural experimental evaluation of the travel, physical activity and health impacts of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, we analysed print and social media discourse and interview data to understand the nature of new transport infrastructure and how it was experienced.
Methods: Newspaper articles were systematically retrieved from the LexisNexis database and tweets were identified from an online archive. Interviews were conducted as part of the larger evaluation study with 38 adults. Inductive thematic analysis was performed and comparisons were drawn between datasets.
Results: The findings are discussed in relation to five themes. First, an understanding of the intervention context and how the intervention was experienced was developed through accounts of events occurring pre and post the busway's opening. Second, the media captured the dynamic nature of the intervention. Third, the media constructed idealised portrayals of the anticipated busway which in some cases were contradicted by the impact of the busway on the existing context and people's lived experiences. Fourth, differential media coverage of the intervention components suggested that a lesser value was placed on promoting active travel compared with public transport. Lastly, interview data provided support for the hypothesis that the media increased awareness of the busway and served as a frame of reference for constructing expectations and comparing experiences.
Conclusions: This analysis has contributed to the wider evaluation of the busway, helping to understand its nature and implementation and informing hypotheses about how the local population interact with the infrastructure by attending to the significance of representations in the media.

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United Kingdom WT_ Wellcome Trust; MR/K023187/1 United Kingdom MRC_ Medical Research Council; MC_UP_1001/1 United Kingdom MRC_ Medical Research Council; 09/3001/06 United Kingdom DH_ Department of Health; MC_UU_12015/6 United Kingdom MRC_ Medical Research Council; United Kingdom BHF_ British Heart Foundation

Date Created: 20140603 Date Completed: 20150909 Latest Revision: 20220129

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10.1186/1471-2458-14-482

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