Digital Vigilantism: Behavioral Patterns and Value Orientations

Volkova, Anna; Lukyanova, Galina V.; Martyanov, Denis S.

doi:10.31429/26190567-22-2-37-52

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“…There is a considerable amount of literature both on the conceptualization of vigilantism Trottier, 2019) and on the study of individual cases Volkova, Lukyanova & Martyanov, 2021). The phenomenon of digital vigilantism is described in works analyzing both institutional vigilantism (Arrobi, 2018; and specific manifestations of spontaneous vigilantism: cyberbullying , doxing , online shaming , and hactivism .…”

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Managed Cyber-Vigilantism: StopXam between Collaboration and Competition

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Lukyanova²

2022

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Digital vigilantism is one of the challenges of e-democracy. Many scholars recognize the threat of vigilantism to civil society. However, we believe it can also reinforce weak government institutions. We consider digital vigilantism as an alternative to e-participation tools. This study aims to determine a model of digital vigilantism in Russia based on the analysis of the social media activity of StopXam in the context of the development of alternative e-democracy institutions. Considering vigilantism as an example of an informal institution, we analyze vigilantism following Helmke and Levitsky typology. The case chosen for analysis is one of the largest Russian vigilant StopXam movement that can be compared with the government initiative Moscow Helper. To identify the model of digital vigilantism in Russia, we conduct a social network analysis in respect to five communities in Vk.com, a Russian social network: “StopXam”, “StopXam Moscow”, the official community of “Moscow Helper”, the unofficial community of “Moscow Helper”, the community of opponents of “Moscow Helper” application. The findings of this study suggest that vigilantism could be considered as an instrument of informal institutionalization, which can be used by political actors (primarily the government) as a tool for setting the rules of the game that correspond to established public values. The creation of groups that are ready to observe the general principles of the game’s rules and impose common values with only minor, occasional violations of the letter of the law is becoming a working model of managed vigilantism. This model tends towards the routine practice of vigilantism, which limits the potential for online mobilization.

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2022

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Systems Analysis of the Digital Agent’s Role in Hybrid Social Interaction Forms

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Spontaneous vigilantism and conflictogenic potential of the everyday Internet discourse

Lukyanova¹,

Martyanov²

2022

Конфликтология / Nota Bene

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This article discusses the conflictogenic potential of spontaneous vigilantism in third spaces. Vigilantism is associated with usurpation of the function of justice by unauthorized persons. Vigilantism can be institutionalized and spontaneous, which is related to disorganized participation of individuals in penalizing the violators of social norms. In the conditions of post-truth, the important role in the formation of vigilant discourse is played by the environments of everyday communication – the so-called third spaces. In the context of third spaces, communication is realized beyond the institutional field, i.e. political parties and social movements. Besides the interpersonal relations, the discussion of crucial social issues also takes place in third spaces, which requires assessment from the perspective of its conflictogenic potential. The novelty of this article is determined by the relevant theoretical aspects – analysis of the phenomenon of post-truth, public sphere, echo chambers and third spaces, as well as the authorial empirical research dedicated to the content of messages in third spaces of the social network Vkontakte. The study of spontaneous vigilantism employs the range of posts from the online community “Overheard” in 15 megacities for the past two years. The quantitative and qualitative content analysis revealed the key topics with a vigilant problematic, which were assessed through the prism of conflictogenic potential. The conclusions is made on the contradictory nature of spontaneous vigilantism in the Russian third spaces.

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Digital Vigilantism: Behavioral Patterns and Value Orientations

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Managed Cyber-Vigilantism: StopXam between Collaboration and Competition

Managed Cyber-Vigilantism: StopXam between Collaboration and Competition

Systems Analysis of the Digital Agent’s Role in Hybrid Social Interaction Forms

Spontaneous vigilantism and conflictogenic potential of the everyday Internet discourse

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