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Zusatztext "This book makes a strikingly original contribution to the growing! inter-disciplinary! field of firearm/gun studies! providing fascinating insights into the 'pro-gun' and 'anti-gun' mindsets whilst also showing how theses might be systematically researched on websites and social media. The book also takes up the vital question of public safety and1st Amendment freedoms as they relate to online 'gun talk'." - Peter Squires! University of Brighton! UK"Given the ubiquity of social media and the roles it plays in fostering community and spreading ideas! it's surprising that there is no detailed study of gun culture online. Guns on the Internet takes important steps to fill that gap. Particularly timely! as YouTube moves to censor gun videos! is its even-handed consideration of free speech." - A.J. Somerset! author! Arms: The Culture and Credo of the Gun (2015! Biblioasis! Windsor! Ontario) Informationen zum Autor Connie Hassett-Walker is an Assistant Professor of Justice Studies and Sociology at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. She holds a PhD in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University (2007). Her dissertation ("Delinquency and the Black Middle Class") was awarded second place by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) for the 2006 Social Issues Dissertation Award. Prior to joining the faculty at Norwich University, Dr. Hassett-Walker taught at Kean University, and worked as a research associate at the Violence Institute of New Jersey at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now Rutgers University). In 2012, she received an AREA grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine the impact of justice system involvement on youths’ substance use trajectories. Her research has been published in a variety of scholarly journals including the Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology , Journal of Interpersonal Violence , and the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice . Her first book, Black Middle Class Delinquents, was published in 2009 by LFB Scholarly Publishing. Klappentext The book delves into the question of whether gun-related content on social media platforms should receive free speech protection under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and explores the possibility of using social media to reach common ground between gun rights and gun control supporters. Zusammenfassung The book delves into the question of whether gun-related content on social media platforms should receive free speech protection under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and explores the possibility of using social media to reach common ground between gun rights and gun control supporters. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Part I. The Tour: Guns, the Internet and Social Media 2. How Gun Owners Use Social Media and the Internet 3. Gun Owner Communities on the Internet 4. Politicians and Lobbyists Online Talking Guns 5. Women in Online Gun Subculture Part II. First Amendment Protections for Gun-Related Online Content: Balancing the Right to Free Speech with the Need for Public Safety 6. The First Amendment and the Internet 7. Should YouTube Gun-Related Videos be Protected under the First Amendment’s Free Speech Provisions? 8. Purchasing and Talking Firearms Online Part III. Finding Common Ground? 9. Finding Common Ground? ...
