His study is featured in the Michigan Chronicle ( http://goo.gl/0ggo2 ), WWJ ( http://goo.gl/OHNRe ) and Spero News ( http://goo.gl/u9rFc ).
The paper examines:
-- internet banging within the context of gang violence, paying close attention to the mechanisms and processes
-- the role of hip-hop in the development of internet banging and highlight the changing roles of both hip hop and computer mediated communication as social representations of life in violent communities
-- the presentation of urban masculinity and its influence on social media behavior
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