Policing and social media : social control in an era of new media
Christopher J. Schneider ; Foreword by David L. Altheide
- Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, c2016.
- xiv, 159 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
9781498533713 9781498533737 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2016000115
Police-community relations--Canada Police misconduct--Canada Social media--Canada Police and mass media--Canada Mass media and criminal justice--Canada