Diageo's 'Stop Out of Control Drinking' campaign in Ireland: an analysis

dc.contributor.authorPetticrew, Mark
dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, Niamh
dc.contributor.authorDurand, Mary Alison
dc.contributor.authorKnai, Cécile
dc.contributor.authorDavoren, Martin P.
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Ivan J.
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-01T12:57:15Z
dc.date.available2016-12-01T12:57:15Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-16
dc.date.updated2016-12-01T12:50:00Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: It has been argued that the alcohol industry uses corporate social responsibility activities to influence policy and undermine public health, and that every opportunity should be taken to scrutinise such activities. This study analyses a controversial Diageo-funded ‘responsible drinking’ campaign (“Stop out of Control Drinking”, or SOOCD) in Ireland. The study aims to identify how the campaign and its advisory board members frame and define (i) alcohol-related harms, and their causes, and (ii) possible solutions. Methods: Documentary analysis of SOOCD campaign material. This includes newspaper articles (n = 9), media interviews (n = 11), Facebook posts (n = 92), and Tweets (n = 340) produced by the campaign and by board members. All material was coded inductively, and a thematic analysis undertaken, with codes aggregated into sub-themes. Results: The SOOCD campaign utilises vague or self-defined concepts of ‘out of control’ and ‘moderate’ drinking, tending to present alcohol problems as behavioural rather than health issues. These are also unquantified with respect to actual drinking levels. It emphasises alcohol-related antisocial behaviour among young people, particularly young women. In discussing solutions to alcohol-related problems, it focuses on public opinion rather than on scientific evidence, and on educational approaches and information provision, misrepresenting these as effective. “Moderate drinking” is presented as a behavioural issue (“negative drinking behaviours”), rather than as a health issue. Conclusions: The ‘Stop Out of Control Drinking’ campaign frames alcohol problems and solutions in ways unfavourable to public health, and closely reflects other Diageo Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity, as well as alcohol and tobacco industry strategies more generally. This framing, and in particular the framing of alcohol harms as a behavioural issue, with the implication that consumption should be guided only by self-defined limits, may not have been recognised by all board members. It suggests a need for awareness-raising efforts among the public, third sector and policymakers about alcohol industry strategiesen
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationPetticrew, M., Fitzgerald, N., Durand, M. A., Knai, C., Davoren, M. P. and Perry, I. J. (2016) 'Diageo's 'Stop Out of Control Drinking' Campaign in Ireland: An Analysis'. Plos One, 11 (9):e0160379 (19 pp). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160379en
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0160379
dc.identifier.endpagee0160379-19en
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.issued9en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePlos Oneen
dc.identifier.startpagee0160379-1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3338
dc.identifier.volume11en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dc.rights© 2016 Petticrew et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAlcohol industryen
dc.subjectCorporate social responsibilityen
dc.subjectAlcohol consumptionen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.titleDiageo's 'Stop Out of Control Drinking' campaign in Ireland: an analysisen
dc.typeArticle (non peer-reviewed)en
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