Real Drugs in a Virtual World: Drug Discourse and Community OnlineEdward Murguía, Melissa Tackett-Gibson, Ann Lessem Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded research project on drug information and online drug-related communities. The editors of this pivotal text, Edward Murguia, Ann Lessem, and Melissa Tackett-Gibson, elevate the debate about drug use and the Internet from a polemic discourse to social scientific investigation. The essays confront issues related to the study of drug communication online, including the causal factors of abuse as discussed in online forums, the relationship between music and drug use in virtual communities, and the ways in which individuals assess the accuracy of online drug information. This book highlights the variety of ways to examine drug use as a social problem and presents several theoretical perspectives valuable to online research. Real Drugs in a Virtual World is an enlightening and thought provoking read that will appeal to sociology students and those interested in virtual communities. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Club Drugs Online Communities and Harm Reduction Websites on the Internet | 5 |
The Body or the Body Politic? Risk Harm Moral Panic and Drug Use Discourse Online | 23 |
The New Drugs Internet Survey A Portrait of Respondents | 45 |
Causal Factors in Drug Use A Phenome nological Approach Based on Internet Data | 59 |
Voluntary Use Risk and Online Drug Use Discourse | 67 |
Deterrence of Harm to Self A Study of Online Rhetoric | 83 |
Assessing the Likelihood of Internet InformationSeeking Leading to Offline Drug Use by Youth | 99 |
Illegal Behavior and Legal Speech Internet Communities Discourse about Drug Use | 135 |
Music as a Feature of the Online Discussion of Illegal Club Drugs | 161 |
The Neverending Conversation A Case Study of RaveRelated Internet Conversation and Drug Use | 181 |
Using Popular Music to Interpret the Drug Experience | 197 |
A Review of Internet Studies in this Volume an Examination of Root Causes of Drug Abuse from a Societal Point of View and Some Possible Solutions | 215 |
About the Authors | 231 |
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Scripters and Freaks Knowledge and Use of Prescription Stimulants Online | 121 |
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