Description |
238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Club drugs, online communities, and harm reduction Websites on the Internet / Edward Murguia, Melissa Tackett-Gibson and Rachel Willard -- 2. The body or the body politic? : risk, harm, moral panic and drug use discourse online / Sarah N. Gatson -- 3. The new drugs Internet survey : a portrait of respondents / Edward Murguia and Melissa Tackett-Gibson -- 4. Causal factors in drug use : a phenomenological approach based on Internet data / Edward Murguia -- 5. Voluntary use, risk, and online drug-use discourse / Melissa Tackett-Gibson -- 6. Deterrence of harm to self : a study of online rhetoric / Azzurra Crispino -- 7. Assessing the likelihood of Internet information-seeking leading to offline drug use by youth / Sarah N. Gatson -- 8. Scripters and freaks : knowledge and use of prescription stimulants online / Melissa Tackett-Gibson -- 9. Illegal behavior and legal speech : Internet communities' discourse about drug use / Sarah N. Gatson -- 10. Music as a feature of the online discussion of illegal drugs / Joseph A. Kotarba -- 11. The neverending conversation : a case study of rave-related Internet conversation and drug use / Ann Lessem -- 12. Using popular music to interpret the drug experience / Shawn Halbert and Joseph A. Kotarba -- 13. 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 / Edward Murguia and Ann Lessem |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Drug abuse -- Electronic discussion groups.
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Drug abuse -- Computer network resources.
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Drug abuse -- Prevention -- Computer network resources.
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Communication in drug abuse prevention.
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Drugs and mass media.
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Author |
Murguía, Edward.
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Tackett-Gibson, Melissa, 1968-
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Lessem, Ann, 1947-
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LC no. |
2006033274 |
ISBN |
9780739114544 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0739114549 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780739114551 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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0739114557 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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