Add to ORKGA plethora of existing research shows that current media discourse around illegal drugs and drug use creates stigma that can harm People Who Use Drugs (PWUD). The negative health effects of stigma, including reduced likelihood of seeing doctors or seeking treatment, and creating or exacerbating mental health problems such as anxiety or depression, is similarly well-researched. This research focusses on the reporting of illegal drugs and the media discourse framing them within Australia, with two goals: 1) identifying potential sources of discourse that can harm PWUD; and 2) identifying how media discourse around illegal drug issues can be improved. By identifying what factors influence how journalists and editors from major Australian news ...
Substance-specific mass media campaigns which address young people are widely used to prevent illici...
Illicit drug abuse remains a serious problem in the United States. While contemporary U.S. drug poli...
People who use drugs understand drugs and drug use in ways that are often different to the way knowl...
News media ought to be recognised as one of the factors that can affect attitudes towards and demand...
Although vast quantities of newsprint and airtime are devoted to reporting on and discussing the imp...
This paper investigates the role of media, source and message credibility in the process of preventi...
This report provides an overview of the findings of a wide ranging research project looking at the e...
Drug Use in Australia: Preventing Harm examines policy, prevention, and treatment responses to drug ...
This article is intended to highlight some key themes within the news media's reporting of drugs, dr...
The aim of this research is to analyse the reports of the proposed heroin maintenance trials in the ...
Aside from the issue of illegal networks and illicit markets, compelling arguments have been put for...
This paper examines the stigma of injecting drug use as an underlying factor in the poor health stat...
This report outlines key findings from an examination of media articles, policy documents and report...
It has been argued that UK newspaper portrayals of illicit drug use tend to be sensationalist, exagg...
The media creates and sustains knowledge about socially relevant issues such as crime, mental illnes...
Substance-specific mass media campaigns which address young people are widely used to prevent illici...
Illicit drug abuse remains a serious problem in the United States. While contemporary U.S. drug poli...
People who use drugs understand drugs and drug use in ways that are often different to the way knowl...
News media ought to be recognised as one of the factors that can affect attitudes towards and demand...
Although vast quantities of newsprint and airtime are devoted to reporting on and discussing the imp...
This paper investigates the role of media, source and message credibility in the process of preventi...
This report provides an overview of the findings of a wide ranging research project looking at the e...
Drug Use in Australia: Preventing Harm examines policy, prevention, and treatment responses to drug ...
This article is intended to highlight some key themes within the news media's reporting of drugs, dr...
The aim of this research is to analyse the reports of the proposed heroin maintenance trials in the ...
Aside from the issue of illegal networks and illicit markets, compelling arguments have been put for...
This paper examines the stigma of injecting drug use as an underlying factor in the poor health stat...
This report outlines key findings from an examination of media articles, policy documents and report...
It has been argued that UK newspaper portrayals of illicit drug use tend to be sensationalist, exagg...
The media creates and sustains knowledge about socially relevant issues such as crime, mental illnes...
Substance-specific mass media campaigns which address young people are widely used to prevent illici...
Illicit drug abuse remains a serious problem in the United States. While contemporary U.S. drug poli...
People who use drugs understand drugs and drug use in ways that are often different to the way knowl...