Professor of Addiction Research, University of Auckland
Antonia’s academic background is in health psychology and her research has focused on the social and embodied contexts of behaviours related to health and wellbeing. She has been particularly interested in identities, power and addressing inequities across different social groups. Antonia’s work has explored drinking cultures and alcohol consumption at different life stages (including youth, young adult and midlife drinkers), leading to a focus on digital alcohol marketing.
How digital marketing of legal but harmful products escalates health threats to the most vulnerable
Apr 05, 2023 13:26 pm UTC| Technology Health
The marketing of legal but harmful products like alcohol and tobacco has always targeted our emotional desires. But it has now moved to digital and social media, and this creates a heightened threat to public health...
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