Mediated Visibility as Making Vitriol Meaningful

Daniel Trottier; Qian Huang; Rashid Gabdulhakov

doi:10.5117/9789462989481

Mediated Visibility as Making Vitriol Meaningful

Daniel Trottier
, Qian Huang
, Rashid Gabdulhakov

Department of Media and Communication

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Abstract

When engaged in vitriol through digital media, users harm their peers not only through the caustic nature of their words, but also by the way in which
they can make their targets visible to public scrutiny. Social platforms and mobile devices enable individuals to author commentary about their
targets, but also compel other types of actors to join in (or to contest, appropriate or derail) malicious exchanges. By focusing on highly visible
yet comparatively mundane forms of denunciation in China, Russia and the United Kingdom, this chapter considers how vitriol can be manifest
as a form of civic engagement. These cases provide insight about a more prevalent form of vigilantism that may be located at the margins of what
is considered acceptable in their respective social contexts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Violence and Trolling on Social Media: History, Affect, and Effects of Online Vitriol
Editors	S. Polak, D. Trottier
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Amsterdam University Press
Chapter	1
Pages	25-47
ISBN (Print)	9789048542048
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462989481
Publication status	Published - 10 Nov 2020

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Series	Media matters

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