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Socially Constructing Marijuana Policy And Target Populations In The News Media, Jonathan Taylor Langner
Socially Constructing Marijuana Policy And Target Populations In The News Media, Jonathan Taylor Langner
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This research focuses on different aspects of the co-construction African Americans and marijuana in the news. First, the historical background of modern drug laws, including marijuana prohibition, and how this was dependent on racialized fears in the wake of the abolition of slavery. Next, the prevalence and variety of marijuana constructions in a national newspaper, with careful attention paid to associations with racial identifiers. Finally, how African American athletes and marijuana are co-constructed in an exemplary article.
Chapter 2 describes how racial fears relate to the social construction of disadvantaged population in the media. We first describe the current situation …