Do-it-yourself justice: Considerations of social media use in a crisis situation: The case of the 2011 Vancouver riots

  • Caroline Rizza
  • , Ângela Guimarães Pereira
  • , Michel Chiaramello
  • , Paula Curvelo

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Abstract

On 15 June 2011, the ice hockey Stanley Cup final took place between the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins in Vancouver, Canada. Riots started downtown as the Vancouver Canucks were losing the final. The riots lasted all night long [1]. At the same time and following the event, different people (mainly rioters, local authority officers, and Vancouver citizens) used social media to 'cover' the riots by uploading pictures and videos of themselves, using them to communicate with fellow citizens1, to help local authorities identify rioters2, by sharing and tagging pictures of them, and to enforce justice by themselves3. The use of social media during the riots has raised issues such as the quality of legal processes in which such media are used to provide evidence, mob behaviour, or vigilance justice. In this paper we look at the ethical considerations related to these issues.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012
Pages720-721
Number of pages2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 26 Aug 201229 Aug 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012

Conference

Conference2012 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2012
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period26/08/1229/08/12

Keywords

  • Component
  • Crisis situations
  • Ethics
  • Media narratives

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