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Table 3 Indicators of media coverage and industry engagement in relation to the six media releases

From: Unpack the Salt: an evaluation of the Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership’s media advocacy activities to highlight the salt content of different foods

 

Breada

Cooking Sauces

Ready Meals

Dips and Crackersc

Processed meats

Asian-style sauces

Indicators of media coverage

Total media items

N/A

181

137

36

274

131

 AM Radio

N/A

17

30

6

19

23

 FM Radio

N/A

10

12

0

15

11

 Newspaper

N/A

3

7

6

11

1

 Online news

N/A

123

67

21

185

65

 TV

N/A

28

21

3

44

31

Total cumulative audience reach

956,031b

6,582,596

5,884,395

2,316,478

7,460,925

5,987,529

 AM Radio

N/A

1,931,100

1,523,200

900,000

680,500

1,867,200

 FM Radio

N/A

56,800

175,000

0

338,500

168,100

 Newspaper

N/A

421,452

281,393

337,745

829,136

5535

 Online news

N/A

10,244

51,802

50,733

114,689

98,757

 Television

N/A

4,163,000

3,853,000

1,028,000

5,498,100

3,848,000

Total advertising space rate

N/A

$961,188

$1,013,613

N/A

$1,633,118

$1,105,824

 AM Radio

N/A

$225,508

$77,715

N/A

$49,286

$63,226

 FM Radio

N/A

$1752

$34,138

N/A

$14,819

$30,308

 Newspaper

N/A

$254,952

$72,217

N/A

$124,383

$1405

 Online news

N/A

$75,150

$169,881

N/A

$576,498

$494,457

 TV

N/A

$403,826

$682,849

N/A

$868,132

$516,428

Social media engagement #UnpackTheSalt

N/A

96

80

63

143

112

Indicators of industry engagement

Number of manufacturers contacted by VSRP

N/A

13

5

11

2

8

Number of manufacturers who contacted VSRP

1

0

0

0

0

0

Number of manufacturers meeting with VSRP/direct engagement

1

3

2

1

2

2

Number of manufacturers with follow up meetings with VSRP

0

2

2

1

2

0

Number of manufacturers engaged in follow up activities

0

2

1

1

2

2

 Referral to other resources, networks or people e.g. state government, international work

0

2

1

1

2

2

 Number of manufacturers that completed a VSRP commitment statement

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Number of manufacturers producing a case study

0

2

1

0

0

0

 Number of manufacturers engaged in benchmarking services

0

1

1

0

0

0

  1. VSRP Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership
  2. a The bread product category report was released prior to the launch of the Unpack the Salt campaign. Media indicator data for the bread report were collected by The George Institute for Global Health, whereas data for other product category reports were collected by the Heart Foundation
  3. b Average audience reach, rather than cumulative audience reach, was recorded for the bread product category report
  4. c Advertising space rate data was not collected for dips and crackers