Sleuthing Online - a bumpy path for the net detective
David Wästerfors, Veronika Burcar Alm and Erik Hannerz have published an article in New Media & Society dealing with crime case discussions on the Swedish platform Flashback. The article shows how the interactions form a "bumpy" path as the Flashback-writers together try to achieve knowledge, evidence and authority regarding the various crimes being discussed. Much of today's public discussion on
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sleuthing-online-bumpy-path-net-detective - 2025-10-05