vigilitantisme

Calendar Conferences

Conférence « Between social justice and social harm: Digital vigilantism and contemporary visibility » 

This content is not available in the selected language. Conférence « Between social justice and social harm: Digital vigilantism and contemporary visibility »  Intervenant Daniel Trottier, professeur au Department of Media and Communication, à Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, à Erasmus University. Commentateurs Tracey Lauriault (Carleton University) Fenwick McKelvey (Concordia University) Romuald Jamet (INRS-UCS) Date : le mardi 30 […] Read more

Articles

‘Not your personal army!’ Investigating the organizing property of retributive vigilantism in a Reddit collective of websleuths

This content is not available in the selected language. This paper investigates a collective of websleuths called the Reddit Bureau of Investigation (RBI) that contains over 70,000 members. Websleuthing, or the investigative practices undertaken online by individuals who are not professional security providers, is an increasing trend. While conducting investigations on Reddit constitutes somewhat of […] Read more