Online Disclosure of Illicit Information: Information Behaviors in Two Drug Forums
Online Disclosure of Illicit Information: Information Behaviors in Two Drug Forums
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DOI：
10.1002/asi.23880
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发表时间：
2017-10-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Brinegar, Ashlee Edwards
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作者：
Costello, Kaitlin L.;Martin, John D., III;Brinegar, Ashlee Edwards
虽然人们在网上披露非法活动，如吸毒，但我们目前对人们选择披露和分享什么信息，或者是否有行为差异取决于所披露的非法活动知之甚少。这项探索性的混合方法研究探讨了人们如何在Reddit上讨论和披露两种不同药物的使用。在这项研究中，解释性内容分析是用来描述类型的人在论坛上专门讨论非法药物的评论。通过归纳分析，我们确定了七类评论：披露、指导和建议、文化、社区规范、道德化、合法性和戏谑。我们随后的定量分析表明，尽管每个子Reddit中的披露量相似，但在关于阿片类药物的讨论中有更多的指导和建议，在关于大麻使用的评论中有更多的玩笑例子。事实上，这两个子版块的戏谑率都很高。我们认为，戏谑促进披露在两个subreddits，和戏谑和披露与信息寻求行为在网上论坛。这项工作的影响，未来的探索披露在线和公共卫生干预措施，旨在传播可靠的信息，吸毒的风险个人。
Although people disclose illicit activities such as drug use online, we currently know little about what information people choose to disclose and share or whether there are differences in behavior depending on the illicit activity being disclosed. This exploratory mixed-methods study examines how people discuss and disclose the use of two different drugsmarijuana and opioidson Reddit. In this study, hermeneutic content analysis is employed to describe the type of comments people make in forums dedicated to discussions about illicit drugs. With inductive analysis, seven categories of comments were identified: disclosure, instruction and advice, culture, community norms, moralizing, legality, and banter. Our subsequent quantitative analysis indicates that although the amounts of disclosure are similar in each subreddit, there are more instances of instruction and advice in discussions about opiates, and more examples of banter in comments about marijuana use. In fact, both subreddits have high rates of banter. We argue that banter fosters disclosure in both subreddits, and that banter and disclosure are linked with information-seeking behaviors in online forums. This work has implications for future explorations of disclosure online and for public health interventions aimed at disseminating credible information about drug use to at-risk individuals.