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OverviewThis book offers a common set of concepts to help make sense of online shaming practices, accounting for instances of discrimination and injury that morally divide readers and at times risk unjust and disproportionate harm to those under scrutiny. Digital media denunciation has become a primary form of expression and entertainment across media environments, with new socially desirable forms of accountability under movements such as #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter addressing longstanding forms of systematic and interpersonal abuse. Building on recent scholarship on shaming, surveillance, and denunciation in fixed contexts, this study generates a cross-contextual and multi-actor account of practices like ‘cancel culture’, ‘doxing’ and ‘status degradation ceremonies’. It addresses instances of moral ambivalence by discussing how digital shaming becomes normalised and embedded across socio-cultural and institutional settings. The authors establish key actors and practices in online denunciations of individuals in a range of cases and contexts, including responses to COVID-19, political polarisation, social justice movements, as well as more local and quotidian circumstances. They draw from empirical data including interviews with nearly 100 individuals targeted by mediated shaming and/or involved in these practices, as well as ethnographic observations of digital vigilantism and discourse analysis of press coverage and online comments relating to online shaming. Diverse applications and contexts, including China, the UK, Russia, and Central Asia, are considered, advancing an ambivalent understanding of media and denunciation that reconciles progressive and regressive practices, as well as celebratory and critical accounts of these practices. This book is recommended reading for advanced students and researchers of online visibility and harm across media studies, cultural studies, and sociology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel Trottier , Qian Huang , Rashid GabdulhakovPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge ISBN: 9781032602721ISBN 10: 1032602724 Pages: 138 Publication Date: 28 June 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introducing the court of public opinion Chapter 2 - Concerned Individuals as targets and participants of shaming Chapter 3 - Prominent users: (micro-)celebrity and cancellation Chapter 4 - Who runs the media? The role of platforms and press Chapter 5 - The role of states: police, polarisation and populism Chapter 6 - Conclusion IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDaniel Trottier is Associate Professor of Global Digital Media in the Department of Media and Communication, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Qian Huang is Assistant Professor in the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Rashid Gabdulhakov is Assistant Professor in the Centre for Media & Journalism Studies, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |