Latest / New Books in Technology
Chinese Digital Vigilantism: The Mediated and Mediatised Justice-Seeking
What is digital vigilantism? How do Chinese citizens seek justice online? How does digital vigilantism reflect contemporary Chinese technological and socio-political development? In a conversation with Joanne Kuai, a visiting PhD Candidate at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Qian Huang, lecturer and PhD Candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam, explains the growing phenomenon of online collective action against an individual to protect a shared value and the consequences of it. Digital vigilantism refers to citizens’ practice of weaponising online visibility for retaliation when…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.