Images of addiction: Representations of addictions in films

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 543-559

  Sulkunen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Addiction; Content analysis; Films; Modalities; Representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949016644     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350701651255     Document Type: Article

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