Policing and social media : social control in an era of new media
By: Schneider, Christopher J
Title By: Altheide, David L [Foreword by]
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BookPublisher: Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, c2016.Description: xiv, 159 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781498533713; 9781498533737 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Police-community relations -- Canada | Police misconduct -- Canada | Social media -- Canada | Police and mass media -- Canada | Mass media and criminal justice -- CanadaDDC classification: 659.2/936320971
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This book illustrates the process by which social media and related changes in communication formats have affected the public face of policing and police work in Canada. Schneider argues that police use of social media has altered institutional public police practices in a manner that is consistent with the logic of social media platforms.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: media logic, policing, and social media -- Media formats and police social control practices -- Crime and society 2.0: police and social networking -- Facebook and the 2011 Vancouver riot -- Police presentational strategies on Twitter -- Police caught on camera: framing the death of Sammy Yatim -- Conclusion: policing on social media.
This book illustrates the process by which social media and related changes in communication formats have affected the public face of policing and police work in Canada. Schneider argues that police use of social media has altered institutional public police practices in a manner that is consistent with the logic of social media platforms.