The Legal Highs Problem in the Polish Printed Media-Actors, Claims, and Its Hidden Meanings

The authors present the results of a qualitative analysis of press articles focused on legal highs in Poland. The aim of analysis was the identification of all social actors involved in the media discourse, the arguments used, and the claims made in the frame of social, political, economical, legal,...

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Published in:Substance use & misuse 2013-01, Vol.48 (1-2), p.31-40
Main Authors: D browska, Katarzyna, Bujalski, Micha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Budgets
claim makers
Content analysis
Discourse
Drug policy
Drug Users - psychology
Ethics
Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Identification
legal highs
Mass Media
Mass Media Images
media discourse
Moral aspects
moral panic
Organizations
Poland
public health
Qualitative research
Risk Factors
Social conditions & trends
Street Drugs - adverse effects
Street Drugs - economics
Street Drugs - legislation & jurisprudence
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Summary:The authors present the results of a qualitative analysis of press articles focused on legal highs in Poland. The aim of analysis was the identification of all social actors involved in the media discourse, the arguments used, and the claims made in the frame of social, political, economical, legal, and moral issues. This analysis covered two major daily newspapers-Gazeta Wyborcza and Rzeczpospolita and two weeklies-Polityka and Newsweek. Articles were collected during a systematic analysis covering the complete number of issues starting from 2008 to 2011. As a result, a base of 386 articles was developed. The study was founded by the statutory budget.
ISSN:1082-6084
1532-2491
DOI:10.3109/10826084.2012.720336