Capital in illegal online drug markets: How digital capital changes the cultural environment of drug dealing
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Capital in illegal online drug markets : How digital capital changes the cultural environment of drug dealing. / Bakken, Silje Anderdal; Oksanen, Atte; Demant, Jakob.
In: Theoretical Criminology, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2023, p. 421-438.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Capital in illegal online drug markets
T2 - How digital capital changes the cultural environment of drug dealing
AU - Bakken, Silje Anderdal
AU - Oksanen, Atte
AU - Demant, Jakob
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Digital societies demand technological competence, including for actors in illegal activity. Inspired by Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital and related criminological concepts such as street capital, this study analyses digital capital as a wider concept relating to digital drug markets that capture both technological and cultural competences. We pursue this empirically via interview data (N = 107) on social media and darknet drug markets. The overall need for digital competence erodes the earlier divide in drug markets based on either subculture or networks. The need to be familiar with mainstream technological tools and behaviours connects digital drug markets to more general cultural competencies. Consequently, illegal activities become connected with mainstream cultural capital because both fields value the same competencies.
AB - Digital societies demand technological competence, including for actors in illegal activity. Inspired by Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital and related criminological concepts such as street capital, this study analyses digital capital as a wider concept relating to digital drug markets that capture both technological and cultural competences. We pursue this empirically via interview data (N = 107) on social media and darknet drug markets. The overall need for digital competence erodes the earlier divide in drug markets based on either subculture or networks. The need to be familiar with mainstream technological tools and behaviours connects digital drug markets to more general cultural competencies. Consequently, illegal activities become connected with mainstream cultural capital because both fields value the same competencies.
KW - illicit drug markets
KW - illegal drugs
KW - capital
KW - culture
KW - technology
KW - social media
KW - Bourdieu
KW - street capital
KW - social network
KW - internet
KW - STREET
KW - REPUTATION
KW - BOURDIEU
KW - CAPACITY
KW - INTERNET
KW - TRUST
U2 - 10.1177/13624806221143365
DO - 10.1177/13624806221143365
M3 - Journal article
VL - 27
SP - 421
EP - 438
JO - Theoretical Criminology
JF - Theoretical Criminology
SN - 1362-4806
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 330736329