הערות על אודות המאפיינים והתוצאות של הדמוקרטיזציה של השיח הציבורי על משפט וצדק: הפעילות למען צדק לרומן זדורוב כמקרה בוחן

The article studies the democratization of the public discourse on justice that has arisen in online social media, and examines its characteristics and implications, using the Zadorov affair as a case study. The general background of the Zadorov affair is presented in the second chapter of the article. The third chapter reviews the reasons, media-wise and others, for the Zadorov affair having remained a topic of public discourse for an extended period of time. The fourth chapter reviews the characteristics of the media environment in which the collective call for justice has been made in the Zadorov affair. In this chapter, the first section focuses on digitalization; the second deals with the investigative materials being made available to the public; and the third discusses the formation of online arenas of discourse, arguing that social media has become a central arena for discourse and public opinion on the Zadorov affair. The fifth chapter presents the implications of the media environment. First, commemoration; the materials uploaded to the Internet remain there without an expiration date. Second, creating visuals such as images and video, and organizing collective activities such as transcribing legal materials and uploading captions on videos. Third, creating narratives about the murder – the identity of the killer or killers, their motives and the ramifications of events that led to the murder. The article discusses whether and how this activity affects individuals and the image of the establishment bodies involved in the affair.