Purpose The way in which criminologists understand, contextualise and theorise around the mediatised world has raised some critical new questions. The purpose of this paper is to report on qualitative research which looks at the ways in which some forms of social media are utilised by gang members. Gang research in the main is predicated on the notion that gangs are deviant products of social disorganisation; however, there is little written on the “specific” forms of expression used by those associated with gangs. Design/methodology/approach The lyrical content of three music videos has been analysed using narrative analysis. Findings Music videos have been used as a form of expression for decades. More recently in some cases they have been used as a tool to send threats, promote gang culture and flaunt illegal substances, which is fairly a new concept, in the UK at least. Social media and music videos are not the sole reason why there has been a rise in violence amongst young people; however, this paper aims to further explore some of these notions. Originality/value The authors suggest that this form of expression presents challenges in the understanding of gang activity in a mediatised world. The intention is not to further criminalise young people, but to seek understanding and explore the phenomenon of music videos and its position their gang research.

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帮派，音乐和犯罪的媒介化：表达，侵犯和证实

目的犯罪学家在中介世界中理解，情境化和理论化的方式提出了一些关键的新问题。本文的目的是报告定性研究，该研究探讨了帮派成员利用某种形式的社交媒体的方式。帮派研究主要基于这样的观念，即帮派是社会组织混乱的产物。但是，与帮派有关的人所使用的“特定”表达形式很少写。设计/方法/方法已使用叙述分析法分析了三个音乐视频的歌词内容。结果音乐视频已被用作一种表达方式。最近，在某些情况下，它们已被用作发送威胁，促进帮派文化和炫耀非法物质的工具，至少在英国，这是一个相当新的概念。社交媒体和音乐录影带并不是年轻人中暴力行为增加的唯一原因；但是，本文旨在进一步探讨其中一些概念。创意/价值作者认为，这种表达形式在理解中介世界中的帮派活动方面提出了挑战。这样做的目的不是要进一步将年轻人定为犯罪，而是要寻求了解和探索音乐录影带现象及其在团伙研究中的位置。创意/价值作者认为，这种表达形式在理解中介世界中的帮派活动方面提出了挑战。这样做的目的不是要进一步将年轻人定为犯罪，而是要寻求了解和探索音乐录影带现象及其在团伙研究中的位置。创意/价值作者认为，这种表达形式在理解中介世界中的帮派活动方面提出了挑战。这样做的目的不是要进一步将年轻人定为犯罪，而是要寻求了解和探索音乐录影带现象及其在团伙研究中的位置。