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Generating Conflict for Greater Good: Utilizing Contingency Theory to Assess Black and Mainstream Newspapers as Public Relations Vehicles to Promote Better Health among African Americans Journal Article

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Authors:	Lumpkins Crystal Y; Bae, Jiyang; Cameron, Glen T
Article Title:	Generating Conflict for Greater Good: Utilizing Contingency Theory to Assess Black and Mainstream Newspapers as Public Relations Vehicles to Promote Better Health among African Americans
Alternate Title:	Public relations review
Journal Title:	Public Relat Rev
Volume:	36
Issue:	1
ISSN:	0363-8111
Publisher:	Unknown
Date Published:	2010
Start Page:	73
End Page:	77
DOI/URL:	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22822291
Notes:	The potential use of strategic conflict management ( Wilcox and Cameron, 2006; Cameron, Wilcox, Reber and Shin ( in press) as a health advocacy tool in US African-American and mainstream newspapers, arguing that escalation of conflict can increase effectiveness of health-related news releases. For health communicators focusing on at-risk populations with poor health outcomes, such goals would include increased awareness of health problems and solutions, along with increased motivation arising from indignation over health disparities. Content analysis of 1,197 stories in 24 Black and 12 mainstream newspapers showed that more conflict factors were present in Black vs. mainstream newspapers, suggesting a way to strategically place health messages in news releases disseminated to newspapers that motivate at-risk publics to better health. The findings suggest that conflict factors such as racial disparity data regarding health issues may enhance media advocacy.

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