Media witnessing: journalism and vigilantism

Digital Vigilantism: Justice for a Syrian Refugee Family

Paper

Noa Reijnen

19/05/2021

10 minutes to read

A story about a Syrian refugee family being terrorized by their neighbors went viral on social media, and people demanded justice for the family. This digital vigilantism case will be analyzed in this paper.

How Madeleijn van den Nieuwenhuizen is changing Dutch media from within

Paper

Lola Vos

15/03/2021

12 minutes to read

Through digital vigilantis, media critic Madeleijn van den Nieuwenhuizen shares mistreatments in the Dutch media on her Instagram account "Zeikschrift." In this article, I analyse her Instagram account and the message it conveys.

Digital vigilantism during COVID-19 : The Chengdu patient

Article

Meiyi Su

31/05/2021

10 minutes to read

This article explores the human flesh search and attempted digital vigilantism that took place following the announcement of four sudden COVID-19 cases in the previously stabilized Chinese city of Chengdu.

Calling out the homofobus

Article

Ania Borkusewicz

23/02/2021

14 minutes to read

This article explores both offline and online responses to the Homofobus protest van in Poland and how these responses interact.

The controversial 'I no longer participate' hashtag

Article

Simone Sprangers

25/03/2021

15 minutes to read

A group of Dutch celebrities started a 'I no longer participate' hashtag on Instagram. This is a protest action against the government's management of the coronacrisis. What can this tell us about digitalization influences of news media?

Rise of contemporary youth-led online magazines

Article

Jessaline Tanjung

05/04/2021

15 minutes to read

Online magazines (or zines) are getting popularised online. Not only are their audience youth dominated, but their writers too. Here we see how different online magazines are to traditional journalism and see how they influence each other.

The Notre-Dame fire and digital vigilantism

Paper

Iris Dumoulin

21/12/2020

12 minutes to read

The whole world was watching when one of France's famous landmarks was the victim of a major fire. On April 15, 2019, the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral suffered a terrible tragedy. What role did social media play in spreading the news?

Digital vigilantism and the Boston Marathon bombing

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

13/11/2020

15 minutes to read

The 2013 Boston Marathon bombing was a major event in the US. The tragic attack then became the subject of one the biggest manhunts in online history.