Internet celebrity has become a phenomenon of great interest for scholars in the last few
years. This is partly due to its impact in contemporary media ecosystems, and its influence in …

While some social networks like Facebook are losing interest among digital influencers,
TikTok continues to grow, capturing and impacting centennials and millennials alike. This …

Luminos is the Open Access monograph publishing program from UC Press. Luminos
provides a framework for preserving and reinvigorating monograph publishing for the future …

This article applies Haggerty and Ericson's surveillant assemblage concept to the recent
wave of social media user arrests in Russia. In doing so, it addresses the legislative …

Amid the intensification of state control over the digital domain in Russia, what types of
online activism are tolerated or even endorsed by the government and why? While entities …

This 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 …

" This ground-breaking collection of essays examines the scope and consequences of
digital vigilantism–a phenomenon emerging on a global scale, which sees digital audiences …

Several state-supported digital vigilante groups emerged in Russia at the downturn of the
pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi (Ours), when its former commissars formed issue-specific …

Moscow, Russia is the largest city in Europe with over 12.6 million residents. The
remarkable fact is that it is also a biologically diverse ecosystem with a few dozen specially …

This reflection considers the thematic issue" Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections
between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes" through the lens of social …