Browsing M.A. Critical Sociology by Subject "social problems; moral campaigns/panics; social constructionism; opioids; social closure"

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Social Problems and Moral Panic: Primary, Secondary, and Oppositional Definers in the Social Construction of Canada's Opioid Crisis in Select Corporate Print Media

Kenny, Julia

This thesis seeks to explore the viability of a composite model of social problems using Canada’s current “opioid crisis” as a case study. Drawing on and modifying Joel Best’s (2017) and Herbert Blumer’s (1971) social ...