CONTENTS:
- Encoding and decoding substance use and addictive behaviors - The roles of cultural images [Introduction]. Hellman M., Einstein S., p. 415-418.
- What causes addiction problems? Environmental, biological and constitutional explanations in press portrayals from four European welfare societies. Hellman M., Majamaki M., Rolando S., Bujalski M., Lemmens P., p. 419-438.
- From criminals to celebrities: perceptions of "The addict" in the print press from four European countries from nineties to today. Beccaria F., Rolando S., Hellman M., Bujalski M., Lemmens P., p. 439-453.
- "Disease" of the nation, family and individual: Three moral discourses of alcohol problems in Finnish women's magazines from the 1960s to the 2000s. Torronen J., Simonen J., Tigerstedt C., p. 454-467.
- What makes gambling cool? Images of agency and self-control in fiction films. Egerer M., Rantala V., p. 468-483.
- Images by the vineyard: Images of addiction and substance users in the media and other culture sites/sights. Allamani A., Mattiacci S., p. 484-502.
- Portraying the alcoholic: Images of intoxication and addiction in American alcoholism movies, 1931-1962. Room R., p. 503-507.
- A gap in science's and the media images of people who use drugs and sex workers: Research on organizations of the oppressed. Dziuban A., Friedman S.R., p. 508-511.
- Are nondrinkers missing from the picture? Bakke O., p. 512-516.
- Seeing is believing, looks are deceiving: What does one see in images of drugs and drug use(rs)? Montagne M., p. 517-519.
- A brief photo-biography of crack users from Rio de Janeiro's metropolitan area: Their settings and tools. Mann C.G., Bastos F.I., p. 520-522.
- What was bad is now good, and what was good is now bad: changes in our views and images of addiction and addicts. Adrian M., p. 523-531.
- AIDS, people who use drugs, and altruism: Reflection on a personal image. Des Jarlais D.C., p. 532-533.