“Similar to Legal Companies”: Vendor Brands and Other Aspects of Marketing Communication in the Darknet Drug Trade
“Similar to Legal Companies”: Vendor Brands and Other Aspects of Marketing Communication in the Darknet Drug Trade
P. Siuda L. Świeca P. Cheba H. Shi a Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Polandb Jagiellonian University, Karków, Polandc The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKPiotr Siuda (Ph.D.) is an associate professor at the Faculty of Cultural Studies at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He is a member of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). His research interests include internet studies, media studies, game studies, and esports. He has been published in reputable journals, including the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Games and Culture, and Social Media + Society. Additionally, he is an associate editor of SAGE’s Journal of Creative Communication. You can read more about his work here: http://piotrsiuda.com.Leszek Świeca (Ph.D.) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Social Communication and Media, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He completed the Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland) Interdisciplinary PhD Program and was a five-time scholarship holder of the Rector of the Jagiellonian University.Patrycja Cheba (M.A.) is a Ph.D. candidate at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the Jagiellonian University. A graduate of Journalism and Social Communication at the Jagiellonian University. Member of the Polish Society for Social Communication. Her research interests include netnography, user behavior on the internet, social campaigns, and strategic communication in social media.Haitao Shi (Ph.D.) is a researcher at the University of Edinburgh, focusing on drug laws and police culture. He also holds an M.Sc. in Criminal Justice Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science.