Det avancerade klotterplanket: en studie av forum mot droger på Lunarstorm

Sammanfattning: This study is based on an observation of one of the biggest webcommunitys in Sweden today, called Lunarstorm. My main purpose was to research how young people use this media for talking about drug and alcohol-related subjects. The questions I posed were the following: - In which way do young people talk about drugs and alcohol on Lunarstorm? - What possibilities does Lunarstorm create for these questions? - How do the users relate to each other, regarding support for relatives to drug or alcohol-abusers or own substance use? My method of collecting empirical data consisted of observation of the forum, and my method for analyzing the data was based on a discourse- analysis. Trough this I found that the media creates a way for young people to meet others with similar problems, both grown-ups and people of the same age. Also the forum offers a lot of stories that are supposed to discourage people from ever taking drugs. Within the studied forums one can also state that drug abusers and all others are given a possibility to create there own stories. Maybe this possibility could have an effect on downsizing the stigma created around drug abusers and alcoholics.