Table 2 Exposure rates of health news and perceived news tones
From: Consumer response to media information: the case of grapefruit-medicine interaction
Exposure rate (%) | Positive tone (%) | Negative tone (%) | Neutral or don’t recall (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Grapefruit interacting with medications | 64.9 | 19.8 | 39.4 | 40.8 |
Grapefruit helps you lose weight | 36.2 | 54.0 | 15.5 | 30.5 |
Drinking GFJ helps you to get vitamin C | 33.6 | 54.3 | 11.3 | 34.4 |
Grapefruit diet | 25.9 | 58.7 | 9.1 | 32.2 |
Grapefruit helps lower cholesterol levels | 21.0 | 62.9 | 8.6 | 28.5 |
Grapefruit helps in cancer prevention | 18.1 | 62.0 | 9.0 | 29.0 |
Grapefruit treats common ailments | 14.8 | 67.1 | 11.0 | 22.0 |
Calories in grapefruit | 14.1 | 65.4 | 6.4 | 28.2 |
Grapefruit seed extract | 12.7 | 67.1 | 5.7 | 27.1 |
Grapefruit helps improve your skin | 12.1 | 70.2 | 4.5 | 25.4 |
Grapefruit and higher blood level | 11.2 | 66.1 | 11.3 | 22.6 |
Prevents arthritis and works as an antiseptic | 10.5 | 72.4 | 8.6 | 19.0 |
Funny You-Tube video about GF/GFJ | 5.2 | 89.7 | 3.5 | 6.9 |