Crime Gone Viral : Eyewitnessing in a Digital Age / Karen G. Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Karen G.

Series:

Justice, Inequality, and the Digital World Series

Justice, Inequality, and the Digital World Series ; v.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witnesses.

Online social networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Highlights crime eyewitnesses who use digital technologies to record, share, and watch crime online In the digital age, crime and efforts to control crime have been transformed by the ability of ordinary citizens to "witness" crime remotely and intervene through smartphones and computer screens.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Crime, Guardianship, and Digital Witnessing

Part I: Background

1 Cameras, Apps, and Social Control

2 Media and Crime Stories

Part II: Crime Witnessing and Digital Witness Types

3 Contextualizing Digital Witnessing

4 Samaritans

5 Voyeurs

6 Vigilantes

Conclusion: Impacts and Implications

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: Methods and Analysis

Appendix B: Tables

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

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ISBN:

9781479822799

OCLC:

1592690554