Dr Ben Riordan presented at the NDARC Webinar Series on Thursday, 28 September.
About this webinar
This presentation focused on how substance use is discussed in the media, the potential impact of exposure, and how we can use media to intervene or prevent alcohol-related harms.
About the speaker
Dr Ben Riordan is an ARC DECRA Research Fellow at La Trobe University’s Centre for Alcohol Policy Research. His research focuses on using new and emerging technologies to understand and intervene with people who drink alcohol. He currently leads CAPR’s stream of research focusing on “alcohol, media, and emerging technologies” and its aims to use emerging technology to better understand the link between exposure to alcohol use in the media and alcohol use.