'Biodynamically cultivated hash, confidentially': information sharing on the dark web

IF 0.7 4区 管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Ari Haasio, J. Harviainen, Lasse Hämäläinen
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Abstract

This article analyses the marketing mechanisms of Dark Web drug trade focusing on advertising as information sharing. Key research questions are 1) vendors use to convince the potential customers about the quality and service, 2) what kind of arguments do vendors try to build and how they do it? and 3) what kind of information is shared when illegal goods are advertised. The data were collected from Utopia, which is an archive of the Finnish cryptomarket called Sipulimarket. The sample contained all advertisements from December 6, 2019 to March 19, 2020. All the advertisements were analysed by using a qualitative content analysis. Four main elements on which the marketing speech is based are 1) quality and 2) effects of the drugs (which we discuss here together), 3) price and 4) persuasiveness of the vendor. Together with the name of “drug store”, they make up the image. These elements are the types of information shared mostly when convincing customers about the products. In advertisements both persuasiveness and informative contents were shared. By understanding the mechanisms used in illicit communication happening in the Dark Web, we get a new perspective on sharing information that requires anonymity.
“生物动态培育哈希,保密”:暗网上的信息共享
本文分析了暗网毒品交易的营销机制,以广告作为信息共享为重点。关键的研究问题是:1)供应商用来说服潜在客户的质量和服务,2)供应商试图建立什么样的论点,他们是如何做到的?3)当非法商品做广告时,共享什么样的信息。这些数据是从乌托邦收集的,这是芬兰加密市场Sipulimarket的档案。样本包含2019年12月6日至2020年3月19日的所有广告。采用定性内容分析法对所有广告进行分析。市场营销话语所基于的四个主要要素是:1)质量和2)药物的效果(我们在这里一起讨论),3)价格和4)供应商的说服力。再加上“药店”的名字,就构成了这个形象。这些元素是在说服客户购买产品时共享的信息类型。在广告中,说服性和信息性内容是共同的。通过了解暗网上发生的非法通信机制,我们对需要匿名的信息共享有了新的看法。
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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal
Information Research-An International Electronic Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
1.20
自引率
12.50%
发文量
62
审稿时长
45 weeks
期刊介绍: Information Research, is an open access, international, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. It is published by the University of Borås, Sweden, with the financial support of an NOP-HS Scientific Journal Grant. It is edited by Professor T.D. Wilson, and is hosted, and given technical support, by Lund University Libraries, Sweden.
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