Exposure and reach of the US court-mandated corrective statements advertising campaign on broadcast and social media.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: BMJ Pub. Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9209612 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1468-3318 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09644563 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Tob Control Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : BMJ Pub. Group, c1992-
    • Subject Terms:
      Advertising/*legislation & jurisprudence ; Advertising/*standards ; Mass Media/*legislation & jurisprudence ; Mass Media/*standards ; Social Media/*legislation & jurisprudence ; Social Media/*standards ; Tobacco Industry/*legislation & jurisprudence ; Tobacco Industry/*standards; Humans ; Mass Media/statistics & numerical data ; Social Media/statistics & numerical data ; United States
    • Abstract:
      Objective: As a remedy to committing fraud and violating civil racketeering laws, in November 2017, four major tobacco companies were court-ordered to develop and disseminate corrective statements regarding smoking health risks using mass media channels. We aimed to describe the nature, timing, reach of and exposure to the court-mandated tobacco industry corrective advertising campaign on social, broadcast and print media.
      Methods: Data from social, print and broadcast media were used to measure potential exposure to corrective messages. Keyword rules were used to collect campaign-related posts from the Twitter Firehose between November 2017 and January 2018. Data were analysed using a combination of machine learning, keyword algorithms and human coding. Posts were categorised by source (commercial/institutional, organic) and content type (eg, sentiment). Analysis of social media data was triangulated with ratings data for television advertising and print advertising expenditure data.
      Results: Keyword filters retrieved 13 846 tweets posted by 9232 unique users. The majority of tweets were posted by institutional/commercial sources including news organisations, bots and tobacco control-related accounts and contained links to news and public health-related websites. Approximately 60% of campaign-related tweets were posted during the first week of campaign launch. Household exposure to the televised corrective advertisements averaged 0.56 ads per month.
      Discussion: The corrective campaign failed to generate social media engagement. The size and timing of the advertising buys were not consistent with strategies effective in generating high sustained impact and audience reach, particularly among youth.
      Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
      (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: advertising and promotion; media; tobacco industry
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20190623 Date Completed: 20210517 Latest Revision: 20210517
    • Publication Date:
      20240628
    • Accession Number:
      10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054762
    • Accession Number:
      31227650