The Content Analysis of Food and Nutrition Articles in Korean Newspapers -From January 1960 to June 1966- III. On Food Safety and Food Policy

한국 신문에 게재된 식생활 전반에 관한 기사 내용의 영양 과학적 분석 -1960년 1월부터 1996년 6월까지- 제3보: 식품위생 현황과 정책에 관한 조사 연구

  • Nam, Hae-Won (Department of Food and Nutrition, Suwon Women's College) ;
  • Myung, Choon-Ok (Department of Food and Cooking, Osan Junior College) ;
  • Lee, Ki-Wan (Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyungwon University) ;
  • Park, Tae-Sun (Department of Food and Nutrition, Yonsei University)
  • 남혜원 (수원여자전문대학 식품영양과) ;
  • 명춘옥 (오산전문대학 식품조리과) ;
  • 이기완 (경원대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
  • 박태선 (연세대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 1997.06.30

Abstract

The contents of articles on food safety and policy in the Donga and Chosun Ilbo from January 1960 to June 1996 were analyzed for the evaluation of subjects and trends in mass media. Among the total of 490 articles, those on cereals were most frequently appeared (20.0%), followed by the articles on sea foods (10.6%) and meats (10.0%). Articles on fats and oils were the least (2.0%) in frequencies. The proportions of articles classified based on the 10-year interval were 28.0% in the 60's, 28.0% in the 70's, 20.6% in the 80's, and 23.4% in the 90's. Major contents of articles were the safety of imported foods, food contaminations by agricultural chemicals, heavy metals and harmful additives.

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