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Alcohol advertising in sport and non-sport TV in Australia, during children’s viewing times

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  • Kerry S. O'Brien
  • Sherilene Carr
  • Jason Ferris
  • Robin Room
  • Peter G. Miller
  • Michael Livingston
  • Kypros Kypri
  • Dermot Lynott
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Article numbere0134889
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>11/08/2015
<mark>Journal</mark>PLoS ONE
Issue number8
Volume10
Number of pages9
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Objective: To Estimate the amount of alcohol advertising in sport vs. non-sport programming in Australian free-to-air TV and identify children’s viewing audience composition at different times of the day. Alcohol advertising and TV viewing audience data were purchased for free-to-air sport and non-sport TV in Australia for 2012. We counted alcohol advertisements in sport and non-sport TV in daytime (6am-8.29pm) and evening periods (8.30pm-11.59pm) and estimated viewing audiences for children and young adults (0–4 years, 5–13 years, 14–17 years, 18–29 years). During the daytime, most of the alcohol advertising (87%) was on sport TV. In the evening, most alcohol advertising (86%) was in non-sport TV. There was little difference in the mean number of children (0–17 years) viewing TV in the evening (N = 273,989), compared with the daytime (N = 235,233). In programs containing alcohol advertising, sport TV had a greater mean number of alcohol adverts per hour (mean 1.74, SD = 1.1) than non-sport TV (mean 1.35, SD = .94). Alcohol advertising during the daytime, when large numbers of children are watching TV, is predominantly in free-to-air sport TV. By permitting day-time advertising in sport programs and in any programs from 8.30pm when many children are still watching TV, current regulations are not protecting children from exposure to alcohol advertising.