Apply the Distinction Between an "Essentialistic" and a "Constructionist" Approach

question 25

Essay

Apply the distinction between an "essentialistic" and a "constructionist" approach to phenomena,spelled out in Chapter 1,to media representations of drug use throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first.Is the media depiction of drug use an essentialistic or a constructionist approach to drug use?

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