Stirring up virtual punishment: a case of citizen journalism, authenticity and shaming

Mallén, Agneta

doi:10.1080/14043858.2016.1157940

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“…Arguably, the way that sousveillance is represented in the graffiti videos analyzed here has much in common with the representation of sousveillance through memes (Bayerl and Stoynov, 2016): it does not aim to be a documentation that claims authenticity but rather overtly exhibits re-interpreted and re-contextualized images. This redistribution of the original content of the images used for sousveillance thus challenges the traditional perception of sousveillance as citizen journalism (see Mallén, 2016). Consequently, it strengthens the need within cultural criminology for further investigation of the symbolic aspects of sousveillance.…”

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“…By combining theories on “sousveillance” and play, I will argue that the inclusion of the preparations preceding the crime in videos documenting train-graffiti is vital in defining not only the adversary but also the playground, its rules, and what is at stake. Through analyzing the dramaturgical role given to security guards, cameras, alarms, and other forms of measures by the authorities to combat graffiti, the aim is to extend our understanding of sousveillance in several ways: First and foremost, by stressing the symbolic aspects of sousveillance, this article seeks to problematize the traditional understanding of sousveillance as citizen journalism and as an overt form of resistance (see Mallén, 2016) and instead point to how it may also infer a meaning-focused and deeply social matter. Second, in so doing, the discussion will move away from an often-assumed dichotomous relation between the sur- and sousveillers and toward a focus on the reciprocal, rather than conflictual, relationship between antagonist and protagonist.…”

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Playing in the yard: The representation of control in train-graffiti videos

Hannerz

2022

Crime, Media, Culture

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During the last 10 years, the mobile phone and the emergence of websites, such as Youtube, which facilitate user-generated content, have enabled an explosion of pictures and video clips posted on the internet by civilians documenting the activities of authority figures. This “sousveillance” is a kind of inverse surveillance, reciprocal to surveillance, where members of the grassroots monitor those in power. Initially, sousveillance was primarily seen as an inverse form of surveillance in which citizens monitor their surveillors in order to challenge the surveillance state. The individuals filmed were originally thought to be aware of being sousveilled by others, and it was assumed that every watcher would voluntarily give free access to all information recorded. This article, drawing from an analysis of selfdocumented graffiti videos, aims to further the understanding of sousveillance through showing how graffiti writers—the supposed target of surveillance—use documentation of surveillance in order to present themselves as superior in terms of control and knowledge. Through analyzing the narrative structure and composition of these videos, I will demonstrate that sousveillance, for the graffiti writer, becomes less a matter of resistance and more a means for the symbolic representation of subcultural emotions, activities, and identities. The documentation and dissemination of the movements and activities of anti-graffiti officers, as well as the graffiti writers’ successful attempts to outsmart them, are analyzed as a part of a subcultural play, centered on the establishment of an equilibrium or a dance where key roles and rules are assigned.

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Playing in the yard: The representation of control in train-graffiti videos

Hannerz

2022

Crime, Media, Culture

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“…a clip photographed by a smartphone that turned a random passenger in a taxi to a victim due to a disagreement between herself and the driver (Mallén, 2016). 5 A review of the literature on MPs from sociology, media studies and related fields shows a wide variety of usage and lack of conceptual clarity of the term 'moral panic'.…”

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Shaming 2.0. Social Interaction and the Construction of Shame and Shaming

Moshe¹

2020

Ro. J. Comm. & PR

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With the rise and spread of the Web 2.0 culture the nature of “old”/“traditional” social interaction, including shame and shaming, is changing as more and more attention is given to online vs. offline social interactions. Amongst those on-going changes lies the construction of Shaming 2.0, i.e., a public attempt to impose shame on “the Other” by using Web 2.0 technological capabilities. Thus, Shaming 2.0 can be defined as a pragmatic social negotiation regarding the boundaries of what is allowed and forbidden, what is acceptable and unacceptable while performing on-line and off-line social interactions. The illustration of Shaming 2.0 was conducted by utilizing Israeli rabbinical court decisions in the era of Web 2.0 cultural features. Via the implementation of critical discourse analysis, the rise of the ‘Virtual Mirror’ is portrayed side by side with “new” social interactions behind the scenes of Shame 2.0.

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“…Data privacy is put at stake when an individual with an app posts pictures of someone's burglarized house, revealing details of property location and time of the event, without the owners' knowledge and consent. The sensitive nature of revealing people's movement patterns over space and time can be problematic, but also depicting events without proper detailed knowledge of the circumstances of each case (Mallén, 2016). This can happen by (in)voluntarily posting inaccurate or false information, or more seriously, assigning criminal behavior to innocent individuals.…”

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Eyes and Apps on the Streets: From Surveillance to Sousveillance Using Smartphones

Ceccato

2019

Criminal Justice Review

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This article explores the concept of surveillance by assessing the nature of data gathered by users of a smartphone-based tool (app) developed in Sweden to assist citizens in reporting incidents in public spaces. This article first illustrates spatial and temporal patterns of records gathered over 9 months in Stockholm County using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to exemplify the process of sousveillance via app. Then, the experiences of user group members, collected using an app-based survey, are analyzed. Findings show that the incident reporting app is more often used to report an incident and less often to prevent it. Preexistent social networks in neighborhoods are fundamental for widespread adoption of the app, often used as a tool in Neighborhood Watch schemes in highcrime areas. Although the potentialities of using app data are open, these results call for more indepth evaluations of smartphone data for safety interventions.

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Stirring up virtual punishment: a case of citizen journalism, authenticity and shaming

Cited by 6 publications

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Playing in the yard: The representation of control in train-graffiti videos

Playing in the yard: The representation of control in train-graffiti videos

Shaming 2.0. Social Interaction and the Construction of Shame and Shaming

Eyes and Apps on the Streets: From Surveillance to Sousveillance Using Smartphones

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