[Air-l] Drug-user online forums

Monica Barratt monica.barratt at postgrad.curtin.edu.au
Wed May 3 00:55:58 PDT 2006


Thanks for that Monica, I will contact them and see what they have been
doing. 

[I'm resisting the temptation to think I'm talking to myself!]

cheers
monica

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Hi again,

Actually the Northumbria bunch are currently doing work on how drug users
are using the Internet. Not sure if they have published their work in
journal articles yet, but they have at least presented some of their work at
conferences...so it might be worthwhile sending them an email.

Hope that helps,

Monica

Dr. Monica Whitty
Queen's University Belfast
School of Psychology
David Keir Building
Northern Ireland
BT7 1NN
Phone: +44 (0)28 9097 5654
Email: m.whitty at qub.ac.uk
http://www.psych.qub.ac.uk/staff/teaching/whitty/profile/ 
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Thanks Monica, 

Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the number of drug
studies that utilise websites and web-based surveys to collect data on
illicit drug use (similar trend across other health and social behaviours) -
the work at Northumbria is good example of this. 

I'm more interested in exploring how drug users are using the internet, for
example, sharing information and experiences at www.bluelight.ru and
www.pillreports.com . Dance music and 'lifestyle' online forums also tend to
have drug-related content (though not in such an open way as bluelight and
pillreports). It appears that some people post questions and share
information in order to change their drug behaviours so that they will have
a better time, whilst decreasing risks/harms, in a peer environment.

I would love to hear any comments, ideas, that anyone has on this topic! to
my knowledge there has not been research conducted in this area - I'm keen
to know whether I have missed this research if it has been conducted. 

Regards,
Monica

Monica Barratt
PhD Candidate
National Drug Research Institute
Curtin University
GPO Box U1987
PERTH  WA  6845
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m: +61 407 778 938
e: monica.barratt at postgrad.curtin.edu.au


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There has been similar work conducted at Northumbria:

http://www.hcnu.com/drugsPub.html

Monica

Dr. Monica Whitty
Queen's University Belfast
School of Psychology
David Keir Building
Northern Ireland
BT7 1NN
Phone: +44 (0)28 9097 5654
Email: m.whitty at qub.ac.uk
http://www.psych.qub.ac.uk/staff/teaching/whitty/profile/ 

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Subject: [Air-l] Scholarly databases for internet studies?

Hello, 
 
I've just started my PhD and am investigating a topic a little outside my
usual field - which is illicit drug studies from a multidisciplinary
perspective (psych, sociology, epidemiology, public health, etc). I'm
looking into online forums where drugs are discussed - the working title is
currently "Exploring online drug discussion groups: the experiences and
perspectives of 'networked' recreational drug users"
 
I was wondering if there is a scholarly database specifically for internet
studies, or alternatively, what databases would you recommend I access when
trying to find literature pertaining to specifically to online forums (and
internet studies more generally). For example, I'm looking to review methods
and ethical approaches among a cross-section of studies where online forums
have been used as a data source to inform my own work - I've found material
by browsing relevant journals and picking up citations whilst reading more
materials, but it's not particularly systematic! 
 
Thanks in advance for your assistance, 
monica
 
 
Monica Barratt
PhD Candidate
National Drug Research Institute
Curtin University
GPO Box U1987
PERTH  WA  6845
t: +61 8 9266 2735
f: +61 8 9266 1611
m: +61 407 778 938
e:  <mailto:monica.barratt at postgrad.curtin.edu.au>
monica.barratt at postgrad.curtin.edu.au
 
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