A Mild Panic? Media Accounts of Kratom

• Published in: Deviant behavior Vol. 41; no. 10; pp. 1258 - 1267
• Main Authors: Webb, Megan, Griffin, O. Hayden
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.10.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Content analysis; Drugs; Internet; Mass media effects; Mass media images; Moral panic; News media; Public health

Historically, the news media has been a primary participant in the construction of moral panics surrounding various drugs and their users. The current study utilizes the moral panic framework to depict how the media represents a drug new to the Western world: kratom. Kratom, a traditional plant-base...