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The Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island has been studying how food is portrayed in mainstream and social media. Carolyn Fortuna, a long‑time MEL fellow, is examining the marketing messages that shape public perceptions of food systems. She focuses on the techniques used to communicate meanings and the reasons behind them, applying critical literacy, media messaging, discourse analysis, and visual analysis to everyday food topics.

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