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标题：Our Daily Communicative Contexts: More Evidence for the Food Environment Puzzle
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作者：Eulàlia P. Abril ; Carrie O’Connell
期刊名称：Journalism and Media
电子版ISSN：2673-5172
出版年度：2021
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：499-514
DOI：10.3390/journalmedia2030030
语种：English
出版社：MDPI AG
摘要：Much of the research on food environments suggests that problematic access to healthy food restricts its consumption, contributing to adverse outcomes such as obesity, stroke, and heart disease. In addition to these direct relationships, we propose indirect relationships involving the Communication Mediation Model (CMM). Using nationally representative survey data from 1435 adults in the United States, we explore the multipronged role that perceived food environments play in shaping communication, attitudes, and reflective food consumption, considering communicative contexts. Results indicate a negative correlation between the perception of a difficult food environment and reflective consumption, supporting prior research. Most importantly, the food environment is also negatively correlated with news media use, discussion, and attitudes about healthy eating within the CMM. Our findings suggest that indirect communication effects of the food environment on reflective consumption compound the detrimental role of its direct effects.