Dealing with Apps: Managing Access and Risk in Hybrid Drug Markets
Dealing with Apps: Managing Access and Risk in Hybrid Drug Markets
Michał Wanke Patrycja Hewelt Robert Rejniak Piotr Siuda a University of Opole, Opole, Polandb Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Polandc Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, PolandMichał Wanke, is a sociologist working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultural Studies of the University of Opole, Poland. His research focuses on people who use drugs, especially in non-western contexts. He is a qualitative field researcher using a range of methods from ethnography and interviewing to arts-based interventions. He published in and guest-edited international and Polish journals alike, and he received funding from the National Science Centre in Poland, and the National Centre for Addiction Prevention.Patrycja Hewelt, is employed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of New Media in the Institute of Journalism, Media, and Social Communication at Jagiellonian University. She holds a PhD in social sciences in the discipline of social communication and media studies. Her research interests focus primarily on the multifaceted analysis of user behaviors, interaction dynamics, and communication strategies used in the context of social media.Robert Rejniak, is an addiction therapy specialist. He heads the Polish Society for Prevention of Drug Abuse in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. His research interests include psychoactive substance users and the effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing (MI) in addiction prevention.Piotr Siuda, is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Cultural Studies, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. His research spans internet studies and game studies. He authored articles in numerous top-tier journals, including Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, International Journal of Drug Policy, and Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. He is a member of The Association of Internet Researchers and the Polish Society for Social Communication. He is also an Associate Editor for the SAGE Journal of Creative Communications.