vigilitantisme
Conférence « Between social justice and social harm: Digital vigilantism and contemporary visibility »
30 octobre 2018 • 12:30 14:30
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 octobre 2018 Horaire : de 12h30 à 14h30 Local : W-5215, UQAM. […] Lire la suite
‘Not your personal army!’ Investigating the organizing property of retributive vigilantism in a Reddit collective of websleuths
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 a transgressive practice, the online platform’s history is intimately […] Lire la suite