Essays about: "digital vigilantism"

Found 3 essays containing the words digital vigilantism.

  1. 1. Unveiling Power Dynamics on Instagram: A Neo-medieval Analysis of Algorithmic control, Influencers and Users

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Femke Podsedkowska; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital feudalism; social media; power relations; Instagram; influencers; medievalism; algorithms; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Instagram is a large social media platform with strong power dynamics between the company, influencers and the users. Exploring this power dynamic within a theoretical framework rooted in neo-medievalism, this study investigates how power structures are manifested and enacted on the platform. READ MORE

  3. 2. Battling misinformation with a graphic interface : exploring navigation through video to support digital vigilantists

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för ekonomi

    Author : Anton Dahlström; Victor Sandino; [2021]
    Keywords : Digital vigilantism; Design; Social media; Video interaction; Digital vigilantism; Design; Sociala media; Videointeraktion;

    Abstract : Digital vigilantism är ett fenomen som växer och blir mer och mer populärt (Chia, 2018; Yardley, Lynes, Wilson, & Kelly, 2016). Digitala vigilantister har under ett flertal tillfällen misslyckats i att korrekt identifiera både förövare och offer i händelser som omger socialt oönskade handlingar (Trottier, 2016; Yardley et al. READ MORE

  4. 3. RECONTEXTUALISING DOXING: : DISCURSIVE PRACTICES BEFORE AND AFTER THE U.S. CAPITOL RIOTS

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Henrik Sigurdh; [2021]
    Keywords : Doxing; digital vigilantism; discourse analysis; online aggression. U.S capitol riots;

    Abstract : This paper provides a closer analysis of the discourse in doxing in a sample of digital and printed US and European media with a particular focus on the Capitol riots. The analysis centers around the following questions: How is doxing portrayed? How are its victims and perpetrators portrayed? What expressions about doxing appear depending on who performs the act versus being exposed? When it comes to how doxing is valued in the discourse, there are three categories that determine how the discourse is portrayed. READ MORE