Crime Online: Hashtag Like and Subscribe, or don't
Cybercrimeology1 Aug 2025

Crime Online: Hashtag Like and Subscribe, or don't

Episode NotesAbout our guest:

Dr. Francesco Carlo Campisi

PhD in Criminology, Université de Montréal

Researcher, International Centre for Comparative Criminology

🔗 https://www.cicc-iccc.org/fr/personnes/etudiants-supervises/carlo-campisi

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesco-carlo-campisi-aa3576125/

Topics discussed in this episode:
  • From street gangs to digital deviance: a research trajectory
  • Why “recruitment” doesn’t fit how modern movements grow
  • How groups like QAnon and Anonymous influence participation online
  • Using social media metrics to measure engagement
  • Emotional capital, visibility, and symbolic participation
  • Updating resource mobilization theory for digital contexts
  • Hashtag hijacking and online visibility strategies
  • Stochastic terrorism and the challenge of lone-wolf violence
Papers or resources mentioned in this episode:
  • Campisi, F. (2024). Unveiling the digital underworld – Exploring cyberbanging and recruitment of Canadian street gang members on social media. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 66. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjccj-2023-0033
  • Campisi, F., Fortin, F., & Néron, M.-E. (2022). Hacktivists from the inside: Collective identity, target selection and tactical use of media during the Quebec Maple Spring protests. Presented at the ICCC Symposium. Available on ResearchGate
  • Campisi, F., & Beauregard, E. (2025). QAnon’s use of hashtag hijacking on X and its impact on online engagement. SSRN preprint. Link
  • McCarthy, J. D., & Zald, M. N. (1977). Resource mobilization and social movements: A partial theory. American Journal of Sociology, 82(6), 1212–1241.
  • Vigil, J. D. (1988). Barrio gangs: Street life and identity in Southern California. University of Texas Press. https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/barrio-gangs-street-life-and-identity-southern-california-0

Other:

If you are curious about the video that was taken down, you should watch this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIyrzMThHq8

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