Empowerment, Social Distrust or Co-production of Security: A case Study of Digital Vigilantism in Morocco

Introduction As a licensed nurse in the United States, William M. posed online as a young woman planning to commit suicide who could explain to others how to do so. Using this deception, he formed misleading bonds with visitors to suicide chat rooms to persuade them to end their lives in front of a...

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Published inIntroducing Vigilant Audiences
Main Author Chalfaouat, Abderrahim
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Open Book Publishers 2020
Subjects
Communication
Political Science
digital vigilantism
digital media
social platform
digital audience
social life
political life
contemporary media landscape
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Summary:Introduction As a licensed nurse in the United States, William M. posed online as a young woman planning to commit suicide who could explain to others how to do so. Using this deception, he formed misleading bonds with visitors to suicide chat rooms to persuade them to end their lives in front of a webcam (Huey et al., 2012). Pursuing his obsession with suicide, William used various screen names, but overlooked the Internet’s potential to reveal his real identity. However, some users recognis...
ISBN:9781783749027
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9781783749034
DOI:10.11647/OBP.0200.07