Needle and syringe programmes in the local media: “needle anger” versus “effective education in the community”

• Published in: The International journal of drug policy Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 46 - 55
• Main Authors: Körner, Henrike, Treloar, Carla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 2004
• Subjects: Australia; Closure; Critical Discourse Analysis; Discourse analysis; HIV; Intravenous drug addicts; Local news media; Local press; Needle exchange schemes; NSP; Prevention; Reporting; Sydney; Local news media; Critical Discourse Analysis; NSP; Australia

The Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) recently recommended that media organisations commit to balanced and accurate reporting about the costs and benefits of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), and recognise the harm of sensationalist reporting. This paper is concerned with the newspaper...