| ID | 084493 |
| Title Proper | Did Jamie Oliver Really Put School Dinners on the Agenda? An Examination of the Role of the Media in Policy Making |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Naik, Asmita |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Healthy eating is high on the government's agenda in current times and to all intents and purposes the media appears to have played a crucial role in putting it there. While media focus is no doubt intense and playing a vital role in public education (take Jamie Oliver's 2005 Channel 4 documentary, 'School dinners', for example), the question that lies at the heart of this article, is whether the media has led the government agenda on healthy eating and school dinners as appears to be the case. A close examination of the evidence suggests otherwise: government policy was already well set before the media began to show a concerted interest and hence its influence on policy-making is more limited than might be expected. Rather than setting agendas per se, the media's role has been to refine and energise existing policy areas and to facilitate implementation. |
| `In' analytical Note | Political Quarterly Vol. 79,No. 3 ; Sep 2008 :p426-433 |
| Journal Source | Political Quarterly Vol. 79,No. 3 ; Sep 2008 :p426-433 |
| Key Words | Media ; Agenda-Setting ; Policy-Making ; Government ; School Dinners ; Healthy Eating |