Abstract
From discussions in the mass media we have learned about deliberate attempts at selling alcoholic beverages through advertising. The advertisers present and/or create a certain view of the effects of alcohol, so as to induce one to buy and use it. Fiction writers, on the other hand, are probably not interested in selling alcohol and therefore their assumptions concerning the usage of this substance probably reflect their subjective experiences with this drug and various cultural stereotypes with which it is associated.
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Kushnir, T. (1986). Motives, Contexts, and Effects of Alcohol Drinking in Contemporary Fiction. In: Carmi, A., Schneider, S. (eds) Drugs and Alcohol. Medicolegal Library, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82595-8_19
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