RT Article
T1 "Watchful citizens" and digital vigilantism: a case study of the far right in Quebec
JF Global crime
VO 21
IS 3/4
SP 262
OP 282
A1 Tanner, Samuel
A1 Campana, Aurélie 1976-
A2 Campana, Aurélie 1976-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1859517455
AB Vigilantism is defined as collective coercive practices carried out by non-state actors and intended to enforce norms (social or judicial) or to act directly to enforce such actors’ views of the law. Vigilantes are involved in both societal control and the fight against crime. In this article, we analyse how societal vigilantes use digital media (Facebook) to act on immigration, national identity, ethnic boundaries, and cultural values in the province of Quebec, Canada. We show how social media practices entail performative effects that should not be considered exclusively in terms of physical expression, such as gatherings of dispersed constituencies, as in, for example, the Arab Spring, but also in relation to the construction of boundaries and increased polarisation between social groups. These latter effects have real consequences, such as separating one element of the population (Muslims) from the moral obligation social groups have towards each other in society.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 280-282
K1 Canada
K1 Facebook
K1 Far right
K1 La Meute
K1 Vigilantism
DO 10.1080/17440572.2019.1609177