Discussing illicit drugs in public internet forums: Visibility, stigma, and pseudonymity

C and T 2011 - 5th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 159-168

  Barratt, Monica J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anonymity; illicit drugs; internet forums; normalisation; online interviews; pseudonymity; social identity; stigma

Indexed keywords

ANONYMITY; ILLICIT DRUG; NORMALISATION; ONLINE INTERVIEWS; PSEUDONYMITY; SOCIAL IDENTITY; STIGMA;

PUBLIC RISKS; VISIBILITY;

INTERNET;

EID: 84857488513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2103354.2103376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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