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This is a list of vigilantes featured in popular culture and entertainment media. For commentary, see the main vigilante article. Film. 1920 - 1980. The ...
Nazi hunters in popular culture (3 C, 3 P) T. Vigilante television series (50 P) V. Fictional vigilantes (5 C, 173 P) Pages in category "Vigilantes in popular culture"
There emerged the only major vigilante movement in colonial America. The term "vigilante" was not yet in use, and the acitivists called themselves "regulators." The poor farmers bitterly resented the overpaid corrupt local officials appointed by a distant elite, By 1768 the decentralized movement was highly popular in the backcountry.
Vigilantes in popular culture (4 C, 2 P) V. Vigilantism against sex offenders (31 P) Pages in category "Vigilantism" The following 46 pages are in this category, out ...
A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice without commission. Definition
In Singapore, cyber vigilantism became a popular form of peer surveillance and is largely viewed as a form of civic engagement. Whereas acts of online vigilantism in China have largely been used as a means of punishment and exposing social corruption, cases in Singapore revolve mainly around exposing fellow citizens for inconsiderate behavior ...
Jason Aldean played his first concert Friday since his vigilante anthem “Try That in a Small Town” stirred up a national firestorm, soaking up a Cincinnati crowd’s adoration Friday night as ...
Mass surveillance in popular culture is a common theme. There are numerous novels, nonfiction books, films, TV shows, and video games, all taking a critical view of surveillance . Some well known examples include George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1948), Peter Jackson's film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003), and ...