Haines-Saah Rebecca J, Johnson Joy L, Repta Robin, Ostry Aleck, Young Mary Lynn, Shoveller Jeannie, Sawatzky Richard, Greaves Lorraine, Ratner Pamela A
School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
Crit Public Health. 2014 Mar;24(1):47-61. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2013.771812. Epub 2013 Jan 3.
The objective of this study was to systematically examine predominant themes within mainstream media reporting about marijuana use in Canada. To ascertain the themes present in major Canadian newspaper reports, a sample ( = 1999) of articles published between 1997 and 2007 was analyzed. Drawing from Manning's theory of the symbolic framing of drug use within media, it is argued that a discourse of 'privileged normalization' informs portrayals of marijuana use and descriptions of the drug's users. Privileged normalization implies that marijuana use can be acceptable for some people at particular times and places, while its use by those without power and status is routinely vilified and linked to deviant behavior. The privileged normalization of marijuana by the media has important health policy implications in light of continued debate regarding the merits of decriminalization or legalization and the need for public health and harm reduction approaches to illicit drug use.
本研究的目的是系统考察加拿大主流媒体关于大麻使用报道中的主要主题。为确定加拿大主要报纸报道中呈现的主题，对1997年至2007年间发表的文章样本（=1999篇）进行了分析。借鉴曼宁关于媒体中药物使用的符号框架理论，有人认为，一种“特权常态化”话语影响着对大麻使用的描述以及对吸毒者的刻画。特权常态化意味着，在特定的时间和地点，大麻使用对某些人来说可能是可以接受的，而无权无势者使用大麻则经常受到诋毁，并与越轨行为联系在一起。鉴于围绕非刑事化或合法化的利弊以及针对非法药物使用采取公共卫生和减少伤害方法的必要性仍存在争论，媒体对大麻的特权常态化具有重要的卫生政策意义。
