Introducing vigilant audiences

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introducing Vigilant Audiences -- 'For the Greater Good?' Vigilantism in Online Pop Culture Fandoms -- Contesting the Vulgar Hanmai Performance from Kuaishou: Online Vigilantism toward Chinese Underclass Youths on Social Med...

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Contributors: Trottier, Daniel (Editor) ; Gabdulhakov, Rashid (Editor) ; Huang, Qian (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Open Book Publishers [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Keywords:
Online social networks
Mass Media > Audiences
Mass Media > Technological innovations > Social aspects
Mass media ; Audiences
Essays
Case Studies
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Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 1763145689
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Summary:Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introducing Vigilant Audiences -- 'For the Greater Good?' Vigilantism in Online Pop Culture Fandoms -- Contesting the Vulgar Hanmai Performance from Kuaishou: Online Vigilantism toward Chinese Underclass Youths on Social Media Platforms -- 'I don't think that's very funny': Scrutiny of Comedy in the Digital Age -- Criticism of Moral Policing in Russia: Controversies around Lev Protiv in Moscow -- Far-Right Digital Vigilantism as Technical Mediation: Anti-Immigration Activism on YouTube
Empowerment, Social Distrust or Co-production of Security: A Case Study of Digital Vigilantism in Morocco -- 'This Web Page Should Not Exist': A Case Study of Online Shaming in Slovenia -- 'Make them famous': Digital Vigilantism and Virtuous Denunciation after Charlottesville -- Doxing as Audience Vigilantism against Hate Speech -- Citizens as Aides or Adversaries? Police Responses to Digital Vigilantism -- More Eyes on Crime?: The Rhetoric of Mediated Mugshots -- Index -- About the Team
This ground-breaking collection of essays examines the scope and consequences of digital vigilantism - a phenomenon emerging on a global scale, which sees digital audiences using social platforms to shape social and political life. Longstanding forms of moral scrutiny and justice seeking are disseminated through our contemporary media landscape, and researchers are increasingly recognising the significance of societal impacts effected by digital media. The authors engage with a range of cross-disciplinary perspectives in order to explore the actions of a vigilant digital audience - denunciation
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 342 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781783749041
9781783749058
9781783749065
9781783749072
DOI:10.11647/OBP.0200