ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how skinheads use the Internet and social media to present themselves, their beliefs, and culture by examining the information and images they present and comparing their use of the Internet in the early 2000s. The results reveal that the skinhead community has embraced technology as a means of communication, so that webpages, social networks, blogs, and other forms of electronic communication have replaced print fanzines as the preferred mode of communication. The review of skinhead websites, social network pages, and social media outlets reveals that the skinhead movement is alive and well and that the cultural elements associated with skinheads, their music, hair, dress, tattoos, and beer continue to be important. These cultural elements provide continuity in a movement whose ideology continues to expand to embrace new issues such as those of the straight edge skinheads and skinheads against animal cruelty.
