Digilantism: an analysis of crowdsourcing and the Boston Marathon bombings

This paper explores the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing incident and how members of the general public, through the online community Reddit, attempted to provide assistance to law enforcement through conducting their own parallel investigations. As we document through an analysis of user po...

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Authors: Nhan, Johnny (Author) ; Huey, Laura 1966- (Author) ; Broll, Ryan 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 341-361
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