Real Drugs in a Virtual World
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Real Drugs in a Virtual World

Drug Discourse and Community Online

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eBook - ePub

Real Drugs in a Virtual World

Drug Discourse and Community Online

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter One - Club Drugs, Online Communities, and Harm Reduction Websites on the Internet
  7. Chapter Two - The Body or the Body Politic? Risk, Harm, Moral Panic and Drug Use Discourse Online
  8. Chapter Three - The New Drugs Internet Survey: A Portrait of Respondents
  9. Chapter Four - Causal Factors in Drug Use: A Phenomenological Approach Based on Internet Data
  10. Chapter Five - Voluntary Use, Risk, and Online Drug Use Discourse
  11. Chapter Six - Deterrence of Harm to Self: A Study of Online Rhetoric
  12. Chapter Seven - Assessing the Likelihood of Internet Information-Seeking Leading to Offline Drug Use by Youth
  13. Chapter Eight - Scripters and Freaks: Knowledge and Use of Prescription Stimulants Online
  14. Chapter Nine - Illegal Behavior and Legal Speech: Internet Communities’ Discourse about Drug Use
  15. Chapter Ten - Music as a Feature of the Online Discussion of Illegal Club Drugs
  16. Chapter Eleven - The Neverending Conversation: A Case Study of Rave-Related Internet Conversation and Drug Use
  17. Chapter Twelve - Using Popular Music to Interpret the Drug Experience
  18. Chapter Thirteen - 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
  19. About the Authors
  20. Index