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In 2016 a report in ''The New York Times'' estimated that the number of people experiencing gang stalking was about 10,000.<ref name="McPhate 2016"/> That article also reported a lack of available information about the topic, and identified the 2015 paper by Sheridan and James as the first scientific examination of gang stalking.<ref name="Sheridan 2015">{{cite journal |last1=Sheridan |first1=Lorraine P. |last2=James |first2=David V. |title=Complaints of group-stalking (‘gang-stalking’): an exploratory study of their nature and impact on complainants |journal=The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology |date=3 September 2015 |volume=26 |issue=5 |pages=601–623 |doi=10.1080/14789949.2015.1054857}}</ref><ref name="McPhate 2016"/> In 2016 a report in ''The New York Times'' estimated that the number of people experiencing gang stalking was about 10,000.<ref name="McPhate 2016"/> That article also reported a lack of available information about the topic, and identified the 2015 paper by Sheridan and James as the first scientific examination of gang stalking.<ref name="Sheridan 2015">{{cite journal |last1=Sheridan |first1=Lorraine P. |last2=James |first2=David V. |title=Complaints of group-stalking (‘gang-stalking’): an exploratory study of their nature and impact on complainants |journal=The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology |date=3 September 2015 |volume=26 |issue=5 |pages=601–623 |doi=10.1080/14789949.2015.1054857}}</ref><ref name="McPhate 2016"/>


One cause for the rise in reports of gang stalking is Internet connectivity.<ref name="Dietrich 2015">{{cite web |last1=Dietrich |first1=Elizabeth |title=Gang stalking : internet connectivity as an emerging mental health concern |url=https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/702 |website=Theses, Dissertations, and Projects |publisher=Smith College |date=1 January 2015}}</ref> As people who experienced gang stalking are able to share information throughout the community, more people report their own experiences.<ref name="Dietrich 2015"/> One cause for the rise in reports of gang stalking is Internet connectivity.<ref name="Dietrich 2015">{{cite web |last1=Dietrich |first1=Elizabeth |title=Gang stalking : internet connectivity as an emerging mental health concern |url=https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/702 |website=Theses, Dissertations, and Projects |publisher=Smith College |date=1 January 2015}}</ref> As distressed people are able to share information throughout the community, more people report their own impressions.<ref name="Dietrich 2015"/> There are online forums where people who believe to be targeted share their experiences among eachother.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tait |first1=Amelia |title=“Am I going crazy or am I being stalked?” Inside the disturbing online world of gangstalking |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/07/1006109/inside-gangstalking-disturbing-online-world/ |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en |date=7 August 2020}}</ref>


⚫ One report found that some who claimed to be targeted individuals have acted out with violence, sometimes extreme.<ref name="Sarteschi 2018">{{cite journal |last1=Sarteschi |first1=Christine M. |title=Mass Murder, Targeted Individuals, and Gang-Stalking: Exploring the Connection |journal=Violence and Gender |date=March 2018 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=45–54 |doi=10.1089/vio.2017.0022}}</ref>
There are online forums where targeted individuals share their gang stalking experiences with others like them.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tait |first1=Amelia |title=“Am I going crazy or am I being stalked?” Inside the disturbing online world of gangstalking |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/07/1006109/inside-gangstalking-disturbing-online-world/ |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en |date=7 August 2020}}</ref>

⚫ One report found that some targeted individuals have acted out with violence.<ref name="Sarteschi 2018">{{cite journal |last1=Sarteschi |first1=Christine M. |title=Mass Murder, Targeted Individuals, and Gang-Stalking: Exploring the Connection |journal=Violence and Gender |date=March 2018 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=45–54 |doi=10.1089/vio.2017.0022}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==

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"Targeted individual" redirects here. For assassinations, see Targeted killing. For survelliance operations, see Targeted surveillance. For delusions of elecronic harassment, see Electronic harassment. For bullying of an individual by a group, see Mobbing.
A request that this article title be changed to Gang stalking delusion is under discussion. Please do not move this article until the discussion is closed.

Gang stalking is a persecutory delusion that a self-identified targeted individual is being stalked by many individuals in some coordinated way. Many online discussions of the idea are by people who report distress due to their perception of being a victim of such stalking.

A 2020 article reported that there were few existing scientific examinations of the gang stalking experience. That same study did identify that there is a community of individuals making reports of gang stalking and having a common disturbing experience, and recommended that researchers study it.

Those who believe they are victims report that they believe the motivation for the gang stalking is to disrupt every part of their lives. Among the community of targeted individuals, gang stalking is described as a shared experience where the gang stalkers all have coordination to harass individuals, and the individuals share their victim experiences with each other.

People began reporting gang stalking after the year 2000. "Stalking" itself was a socially new concept which people began to report starting in the 1980s. Both of these experiences are culture specific, so people talk about them differently in different times, places, and circumstances.

In 2016 a report in The New York Times estimated that the number of people experiencing gang stalking was about 10,000. That article also reported a lack of available information about the topic, and identified the 2015 paper by Sheridan and James as the first scientific examination of gang stalking.

One cause for the rise in reports of gang stalking is Internet connectivity. As distressed people are able to share information throughout the community, more people report their own impressions. There are online forums where people who believe to be targeted share their experiences among eachother.

One report found that some who claimed to be targeted individuals have acted out with violence, sometimes extreme.

See also

References

  1. Lustig, A; Brookes, G; Hunt, D (5 March 2021). "Linguistic Analysis of Online Communication About a Novel Persecutory Belief System (Gangstalking): Mixed Methods Study". Journal of medical Internet research. 23 (3): e25722. doi:10.2196/25722. PMC 7980115. PMID 33666560.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  2. ^ Sheridan, L; James, DV; Roth, J (6 April 2020). "The Phenomenology of Group Stalking ('Gang-Stalking'): A Content Analysis of Subjective Experiences". International journal of environmental research and public health. 17 (7). doi:10.3390/ijerph17072506. PMC 7178134. PMID 32268595.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  3. ^ McPhate, Mike (10 June 2016). "United States of Paranoia: They See Gangs of Stalkers". The New York Times.
  4. Pierre, Joe (20 October 2020). "Gang Stalking: Real-Life Harassment or Textbook Paranoia?". Psychology Today.
  5. Pierre, Joe (October 31, 2020). "Gang Stalking: Conspiracy, Delusion, and Shared Belief". Psychology Today.
  6. Pierre, Joe (November 16, 2020). "Gang Stalking: A Case of Mass Hysteria?". Psychology Today.
  7. Sheridan, Lorraine P.; James, David V. (3 September 2015). "Complaints of group-stalking ('gang-stalking'): an exploratory study of their nature and impact on complainants". The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. 26 (5): 601–623. doi:10.1080/14789949.2015.1054857.
  8. ^ Dietrich, Elizabeth (1 January 2015). "Gang stalking : internet connectivity as an emerging mental health concern". Theses, Dissertations, and Projects. Smith College.
  9. Tait, Amelia (7 August 2020). ""Am I going crazy or am I being stalked?" Inside the disturbing online world of gangstalking". MIT Technology Review.
  10. Sarteschi, Christine M. (March 2018). "Mass Murder, Targeted Individuals, and Gang-Stalking: Exploring the Connection". Violence and Gender. 5 (1): 45–54. doi:10.1089/vio.2017.0022.

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