Real drugs in a virtual world : drug discourse and community online / edited by Edward Murguía, Melissa Tackett-Gibson, and Ann Lessem.

Contents Introduction -- Club drugs, online communities, and harm reduction websites on the Internet / Edward Murguía, Melissa Tackett-Gibson, and Rachel Willard -- The body or the body politic? risk, harm, moral panic and drug use discourse online / Sarah N. Gatson -- The new drugs Internet survey : a portrait of respondents / Edward Murguía and Melissa Tackett-Gibson -- Causal factors in drug use : a phenomenological approach based on Internet data / Edward Murguía -- Voluntary use, risk, and online drug-use discourse / Melissa Tackett-Gibson -- Deterrence of harm to self : a study of online rhetoric / Azzurra Crispino -- Assessing the likelihood of Internet information-seeking leading to offline drug use by youth / Sarah N. Gatson -- Scripters and freaks : knowledge and use of prescription stimulants online / Melissa Tackett-Gibson -- Illegal behavior and legal speech : Internet communities' discourse about drug use / Sarah N. Gatson -- Music as a feature of the online discussion of illegal drugs / Joseph A. Kotarba -- The neverending conversation : a case study of rave-related Internet conversation and drug use / Ann Lessem -- Using popular music to interpret the drug experience / Shawn Halbert and Joseph A. Kotarba -- 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 Murguía and Ann Lessem.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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