[Air-L] Online mob justice

[michael_muller at us.ibm.com]

It might be interesting to track the concept of "deviance" as a 
characterization of online behaviors.  Of course, that word has a very 
troubling history (e.g., "sexual deviance" as a label for the minority 
sexual orientations).  In my experience, "deviance" has been a label 
applied to people whom other people did not like (the case of Mark Ethan 
Smith), and also to cyberloafing.  You can find a lot of work in this area 
in the ACM Digital Library if you search on "deviance."

I readily acknowledge that there are pernicious and aggressive and 
deliberately hurtful activities that occur online, fueled by racism and 
sexism and homophobia and all sort of hatreds.  If the topic is 
"vigilantism," then it might be interesting to look at boundaries, and at 
who has the power to characterize other people (or their actions) as 
"mobs" or as "justice."

thanks,
--michael




From:
"Mathieu.O'Neil" <mathieu.oneil at canberra.edu.au>
To:
Penn Pantumsinchai <ppantum at hawaii.edu>, AoIR <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>, 
Date:
06/23/2014 07:48 PM
Subject:
Re: [Air-L] Online mob justice
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"Air-L" <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org>



Hi

Going through email and saw this so replying a bit late but hey: in the 
1990s there was a lot of discussion around vigilantism on Usenet as anyone 
could cancel an offender (such as a spammer)'s account. The most famous 
vigilante was called Cancelmoose. There was some analysis of this by legal 
scholars, you can find references in my book Cyberchiefs.

cheers
Mathieu

-----Original Message-----
From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Penn 
Pantumsinchai
Sent: Friday, 13 June 2014 1:42 PM
To: AoIR
Subject: [Air-L] Online mob justice

Hi everyone,

I am currently starting research on online mob/vigilante justice and was 
wondering if anyone is researching the same topic or know of any 
studies/resources. Prime examples of online mob justice include the failed 
hunt for the Boston bomber by Reddit users or many of the 'human flesh 
search engine' cases in China.

I would be grateful for any suggestions. Thank you very much!


--
Penn Pantumsinchai
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Department of Sociology, Ph.D. Student
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