Melih Coban
PhD in Sociology, Vice Chair at the Department of Sociology, Marmara University, Turkey
Address: Marmara University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Sociology, Istanbul, Turkey
Address: Marmara University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Sociology, Istanbul, Turkey
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ISBN: 978-605-5044-91-6
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context. Considering the mutual relationship between cinema and society, the question of whether drugs
and drug abuse have been represented in these movies in a problem-based manner constitutes the main
problematic of this study, which aims to analyze a variety of drug-related films. Therefore, 54 Turkish movies
including the element of drugs have been chosen in a purposive sampling and they have been analyzed by
using sociological film analysis as a research technique. Of the 54 movies in the sampling, only 27 depicted
drug abuse and only 24 of them portrayed negative outcomes of drug abuse. Findings supporting a positive
correlation between the drug abuse portrayals and the periodical popularity of these substances have been
achieved. Emphasizing the reasons behind drug abuse and addiction, the neglect in dysfunctional families
and the influence of the social environment have been stressed in various movies, whereas the solutions, preventive
measures, and social messages displayed in the movies remain at low numbers. The promotion of the
realistic representations of drug abuse in cinema in order to raise public awareness has been recommended.
International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Arts, Winter 2016, vol.1
http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1374&context=jrf
Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, Spring 2014, 1(1), pp.41-62, DOI: 10.15805/addicta.2014.1.1.011
ISBN: 978-605-5044-91-6
context. Considering the mutual relationship between cinema and society, the question of whether drugs
and drug abuse have been represented in these movies in a problem-based manner constitutes the main
problematic of this study, which aims to analyze a variety of drug-related films. Therefore, 54 Turkish movies
including the element of drugs have been chosen in a purposive sampling and they have been analyzed by
using sociological film analysis as a research technique. Of the 54 movies in the sampling, only 27 depicted
drug abuse and only 24 of them portrayed negative outcomes of drug abuse. Findings supporting a positive
correlation between the drug abuse portrayals and the periodical popularity of these substances have been
achieved. Emphasizing the reasons behind drug abuse and addiction, the neglect in dysfunctional families
and the influence of the social environment have been stressed in various movies, whereas the solutions, preventive
measures, and social messages displayed in the movies remain at low numbers. The promotion of the
realistic representations of drug abuse in cinema in order to raise public awareness has been recommended.
International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Arts, Winter 2016, vol.1
http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1374&context=jrf
Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, Spring 2014, 1(1), pp.41-62, DOI: 10.15805/addicta.2014.1.1.011
Turkish Review of Middle East Studies, 2008, vol.18, pp.43-54