Carters-White, L., Hilton, S. , Skivington, K. and Chambers, S. (2022) Children’s, parents’ and professional stakeholders’ views on power concerning the regulation of online advertising of unhealthy food to young people in the UK: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 17(6), e0268701. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268701) (PMID:35696387) (PMCID:PMC9191734)
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Abstract
Examinations of corporate power have demonstrated the practices and activities Unhealthy Commodity Industries (UCIs) employ to exert their power and influence on the public and health policy. The High in Fat Sugar and Salt (HFSS) product industry have exploited the online environment to market their products to young people. Regulating UCIs’ marketing can limit the power of those industries and is argued to be one of the most appropriate policy responses to such marketing. However, there is minimal consideration of how stakeholders view regulation of online advertising of HFSS products to young people. This UK-focused study addressed this through a secondary analysis of focus groups with young people (n = 15), the primary analysis of focus groups with parents (n = 8), and interviews with professional stakeholders (n = 11). The findings indicated that participants’ views on the regulation of online advertising of HFSS products were informed by how professional stakeholders exerted instrumental, structural and discursive power. Participants cited regulation as a means to re-negotiate problematic power dynamics to increase young people’s and parents’ autonomy over young people’s diets, yet concern remained as to the impact regulation may have on individual autonomy. To garner increased public support for such regulatory policies, it may be beneficial for advocates to emphasise the empowering elements of those regulatory policies. Advocacy actors may wish to shift their framing of regulation from one that focuses on restricting industry practices, to one that centres on empowering individuals.
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| Additional Information: | LCW was supported by a Medical Research Council PhD studentship (MC_ST_U15006), a MRC Transition Fellowship (MR/N0131661/1) and the UK Research and Innovation Councils SPECTRUM Consortium (MR/S037519/1). LCW is a member of SPECTRUM a UK Prevention Research Partnership Consortium. UKPRP is an initiative funded by the UK Research and Innovation Councils, the Department of Health and Social Care (England) and the UK devolved administrations, and leading health research charities. SC was supported by a Medical Research Council Strategic Award (MC_PC_13027), Medical Research Council grants (MC_UU_12017/14; MC_UU_12017/12; MC_UU_00022/1) and Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate grants (SPHSU12; SPHSU14; SPHSU16). SH was supported by Medical Research Council grant (MC_UU_12017/ 15) and the Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate grant (SPHSU15). KS was supported by a Medical Research Council Strategic Award (MC_PC_13027), Medical Research Council Grants (MC_UU_12017/11; MC_UU_00022/3), and the Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate grants (SPHSU11; SPHSU18). |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Skivington, Dr Kathryn and Hilton, Professor Shona and Chambers, Dr Stephanie |
| Creator Roles: | Hilton, S.Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review and editing Skivington, K.Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review and editing Chambers, S.Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review and editing |
| Authors: | Carters-White, L., Hilton, S., Skivington, K., and Chambers, S. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences |
| Journal Name: | PLoS ONE |
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1932-6203 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in PLoS ONE 17(6):e0268701 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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