What can we say about substance use? Dominant discourses and narratives emergent from Australian media

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-148

  Bright, Stephen J ^a   Marsh, Ali ^a   Smith, Leigh M ^a   Bishop, Brian ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Discourse; Media; Policy debate; Psychoactive substances

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549095860     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350701794972     Document Type: Article

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