خشونت اینترنتی: گرایش های جدید در رسانه های اجتماعی، خشونت باندی، مردسالاری و هیپ هاپ

Gang members carry guns and twitter accounts. Media outlets nationally have reported on a new phenomenon of gang affiliates using social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to trade insults or make violence threats that lead homicide or victimization. We term this interaction internet banging. Police departments in metropolitan areas have increased resources in their gang violence units to combat this issue. Interestingly, there is little to no literature on this issue. We argue internet banging is a cultural phenomenon that has evolved from increased participation with social media and represents an adaptive structuration, or new and unintended use of existing online social media. We examine internet banging within the context of gang violence, paying close attention to the mechanisms and processes that may explain how and why internet banging has evolved. We examine the role of hip-hop in the development of internet banging and highlight the changing roles of both hip hop and computer mediated communication as social representations of life in violent communities. We explore the presentation of urban masculinity and its influence on social media behavior. Lastly, we conduct a textual analysis of music and video content that demonstrates violent responses to virtual interactions.

Gang members carry guns and twitter accounts. Recently, media outlets have reported on a relatively new national phenomenon of Internet behavior in which individuals that are associated with gangs or neighborhood factions use social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to incite dares, trade insults or make threats of violence which may result in homicide or victimization. We term this interaction internet banging. Metropolitan police departments have increased the officers in their gang violence units and online presence to combat this growing issue ( Hays, n.d. http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Social-media-fueling-gang-violence-in-New-York-172282191.html). There is little to no empirical or conceptual literature on this growing problem.

The study of the social phenomenon of urban men, social media and violence must be rethought to include “A proper cultural analysis of Black men must not rest solely on the exploration of values and norms, but must thoroughly interrogate how these men formulate worldviews, ideologies and belief systems regarding their life circumstances” (Young, 2004, p. 18). Understanding this new trend in social media requires an approach that will contextualize the experience of urban men and their social reality.