Social Semiotics of Gangstalking Evidence Videos on YouTube: Multimodal Discourse Analysis of a Novel Persecutory Belief System

• Published in: JMIR mental health Vol. 8; no. 10; p. e30311
• Main Authors: Lustig, Andrew, Brookes, Gavin, Hunt, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Toronto JMIR Publications 21.10.2021
• Subjects: Application programming interface; Cameras; Community; Computer mediated communication; Discourse analysis; Internet; Intervention; Linguistics; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental health care; Original Paper; Psychosis; Semiotics; Social networks; Social research; Systematic review; Virtual communities

Background: Gangstalking refers to a novel persecutory belief system wherein sufferers believe that they are being followed, watched, and harassed by a vast network of people in their community who have been recruited as complicit perpetrators. They are frequently diagnosed as mentally ill, although...