The same old story? Continuity and change in Swedish print media constructions of cannabis:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

JosefinMånsson¹ 

关键词: cannabis;    media;    press;    Sweden;    change;    discourse;   

DOI  :  10.1515/nsad-2016-0021

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

AimsThe purpose of the study is to describe and analyse how cannabis is constructed in Swedish print media and if this has changed over time. Sweden is known for its prohibitionist cannabis policy, but this approach seems increasingly challenged on both international and domestic arenas. It is therefore important to see if and how this international change is mirrored and processed in a key arena such as print media.MethodsNewspaper material from two years, 2002 and 2012, was included to analyse continuity and change. The theoretical backdrop for the study is social constructionism, and methodological concepts such as discourse and subject positions from discourse theory were used to investigate how cannabis and cannabis problems are constructed.ResultsThe analysis showed that print media in both years seem to draw mainly on a juridical, a social problems and a medical discourse when portraying cannabis. It is through these discourses that some subject positions become relevant as users (e.g. youth) and a...

【 授权许可】

CC BY