Information needs of drug users on a local dark Web marketplace

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Highlights：

• Disnormative needs for information were examined among drug users in dark web.

• The articulation of such needs is determined by the requirement of secrecy.

• Information need is triggered by physiological, affective and cognitive factors.

• Such factors appear in diverse combinations but physiological factor is primary.

摘要

•Disnormative needs for information were examined among drug users in dark web.•The articulation of such needs is determined by the requirement of secrecy.•Information need is triggered by physiological, affective and cognitive factors.•Such factors appear in diverse combinations but physiological factor is primary.

论文关键词：Dark web,Drugs,Information need,Information poverty,Small world,Way of life

论文评审过程：Received 14 January 2019, Revised 13 June 2019, Accepted 7 July 2019, Available online 15 July 2019, Version of Record 13 January 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102080