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Recent News Coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Lebanon

Recent News Coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Lebanon THIRD S PACE Recent News Coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Lebanon IN AS ABDELWAHED , R UBA A BLA , and RIMA AFIFI epresentations of sexual and reproductive health in mass media offer one R indicator of women’s relative position and value as women in a given society (Bronstein 2005). Media sources also disseminate health messages, influencing people’s health choices and health behaviors (Wakefield, Loken, and Hornik 2010). This essay relies on a content analysis of forty-three articles published between August 28, 2015, and June 28, 2017, in Lebanon that used key terms related to reproductive health, sexual health, and breastfeeding. We systematically culled the articles from nine Lebanese newspapers (eight in Arabic) published online. Of these forty-three accounts, nineteen were by men, three were by women, one was coauthored by a man and a woman, and the remaining twenty did not include an author name. With the exception of an account by a woman targeting a male audience, the remainder presumed a female reader. Articles that discussed refugees focused primarily on controlling fertility rates and maternal birth complications. None of the accounts discussed unwanted pregnancies or abortion. Researchers often use content analysis to analyze newspaper reporting http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Middle East Women's Studies Duke University Press

Recent News Coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Lebanon

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Copyright © 2018 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies
ISSN
1552-5864
eISSN
1558-9579
DOI
10.1215/15525864-7025623
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Abstract

THIRD S PACE Recent News Coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Lebanon IN AS ABDELWAHED , R UBA A BLA , and RIMA AFIFI epresentations of sexual and reproductive health in mass media offer one R indicator of women’s relative position and value as women in a given society (Bronstein 2005). Media sources also disseminate health messages, influencing people’s health choices and health behaviors (Wakefield, Loken, and Hornik 2010). This essay relies on a content analysis of forty-three articles published between August 28, 2015, and June 28, 2017, in Lebanon that used key terms related to reproductive health, sexual health, and breastfeeding. We systematically culled the articles from nine Lebanese newspapers (eight in Arabic) published online. Of these forty-three accounts, nineteen were by men, three were by women, one was coauthored by a man and a woman, and the remaining twenty did not include an author name. With the exception of an account by a woman targeting a male audience, the remainder presumed a female reader. Articles that discussed refugees focused primarily on controlling fertility rates and maternal birth complications. None of the accounts discussed unwanted pregnancies or abortion. Researchers often use content analysis to analyze newspaper reporting

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Journal of Middle East Women's StudiesDuke University Press

Published: Nov 1, 2018

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