The digital scarlet letter : online shaming in Singapore.

• Main Authors: Chua, Jia Ping., Liew, Angeline Meiyan., Wong, Keng Hui., Yeo, Pei Jue.
• Other Authors: Skoric, Marko
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14943
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Online shaming is a phenomenon where citizens engage in social policing by shaming transgressions via the Internet. With the widespread use of communication technologies, this form of peer surveillance could potentially serve as a form of social control. Incorporating literature from criminology, ps...