title: Hunter-Prey Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Online Posts of Men Who Buy Sex.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Internet has emerged as a major expediter of the commercial sex (CS) industry. While use of web-based CS industry sites is brisk, the full extent of their impact remains unclear particularly how they influence users' views of the CS industry.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This research study sought to uncover the nuances of buyers' interactions on an online CS website.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six hundred sixty-six online posts from 363 unique members were collected and analyzed using critical discourse analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Via the use of language and dialogue, particular ways of thinking about and talking about buying sex are normalized and reinforced. Evident within these discursive patterns are mechanisms by which assumptions are forwarded, perceptions shaped, and authority established.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Information about how CS industry websites establish beliefs, relationships, and practices among its users may increase understanding of how the CS industry seeks to gain acceptance in the American culture and normalize its activities.
authors.affiliation: 1 Dawn Bounds, PhD, PMHNP-BC, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bounds
authors.affiliation: 2 Kathleen R. Delaney, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.affiliation: 3 Wrenetha Julion, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Wrenetha
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Julion
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011477:Sex Work / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States
keywords: Internet; commercial sex industry; critical discourse analysis; prostitution