id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_jqihww2udbgrfc6has3s425t7y Caroline Rizza "Do-it-Yourself Justice" 2014 5 .pdf application/pdf 3362 252 56 Social media were used to communicate between authorities and citizens, including the rioters. difficulties arising from the use of social media in crisis situations. Crisis situations; social media, ethics; media narratives. (mainly rioters, local authority officers, and Vancouver citizens) used social media to 'cover' the riots: the • The content of social media was used by citizens to enforce vigilante justice. • Social media is a means of communicating with the public in crisis situations. that the case of the Vancouver riots is an example of a "crisis situation" where a "human crowd", sends digital The quality of social media material and legitimacy of its use in law enforcement and charge processes authorities' use of social media in those situations. In the context of the riots, news media tell us that the VPD asked citizens to provide relevant material See e.g. http://www.techi.com/2011/06/social-media-used-to-identify-vancouver-riot-suspects/ [last visit: ./cache/work_jqihww2udbgrfc6has3s425t7y.pdf ./txt/work_jqihww2udbgrfc6has3s425t7y.txt