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Abstract
The Chinese Internet has developed rapidly in the past decade and
given rise to many online phenomena, including digital vigilantism
(DV). It refers to citizens’ practice of weaponising online visibility for
retaliation when collectively offended. In China, since the Cat Torture
Case in 2006, DV has been widely adopted by citizens to defend
social norms and values. With recent technological developments
and socio-political changes in China, how Chinese citizens conduct DV and its influence have also changed along various dimensions. This research, therefore, identifies the historical changes of DV in China and situates these changes in relation to contemporary Chinese technological and socio-political development. The study constructs a database of 1265 Chinese DV cases that receive media
coverage between 2006 to 2018 and conducts a thematic analysis to identify characteristics, changes, and trends of DV in China. The author argues that these developments demonstrate the mediation and more importantly, the mediatisation of justice-seeking on the Chinese Internet conditioned by the ubiquitous state power.
given rise to many online phenomena, including digital vigilantism
(DV). It refers to citizens’ practice of weaponising online visibility for
retaliation when collectively offended. In China, since the Cat Torture
Case in 2006, DV has been widely adopted by citizens to defend
social norms and values. With recent technological developments
and socio-political changes in China, how Chinese citizens conduct DV and its influence have also changed along various dimensions. This research, therefore, identifies the historical changes of DV in China and situates these changes in relation to contemporary Chinese technological and socio-political development. The study constructs a database of 1265 Chinese DV cases that receive media
coverage between 2006 to 2018 and conducts a thematic analysis to identify characteristics, changes, and trends of DV in China. The author argues that these developments demonstrate the mediation and more importantly, the mediatisation of justice-seeking on the Chinese Internet conditioned by the ubiquitous state power.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 304-322 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Internet Histories |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- digital vigilantism
- human flesh search
- Chinese social media
- Internet history
- mediatisation
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