Department Of Health Care, University Of Delhi, India
Perspective
A Qualitative Study in Danish Online Forum: Psychedelic Discourses
Author(s): Heamant Mishra*
The user viewpoints on norms, attitudes, and behaviours surrounding psychedelic substances as they are expressed in a Danish online forum are the topic of this study. In order to take into account the dialectical interaction between individual and shared knowledge regarding the use and meaning of psychedelics, the study combines an interest in online drug research with a focus on discourse analysis. A socio-cognitive approach to the study of discourse was used as inspiration for the theme coding and analysis of 1,865 postings from 154 threads of online conversation. A small number of dominating discourses emerged after all topics were divided into 54 categories and further studied to trace recurrent patterns in the formation of meaning. There were found to be five main the recreational, the therapeutic, the spiritual, and the scientific. and the discussion of performance. When forum u.. View More»