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Policing and Social Media : Social Control in an Era of New Media.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (175 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498533720
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Policing and Social MediaDDC classification:
  • 659.2936320971
LOC classification:
  • HV7936.P8 -- .S38 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Media Formats and Police Social Control Practices -- Chapter Two: Crime and Society 2.0 -- Chapter Three: Facebook and the 2011 Vancouver Riot -- Chapter Four: Police Presentational Strategies on Twitter -- Chapter Five: Police Caught on Camera -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: 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 using Canada as a case study. 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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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Media Formats and Police Social Control Practices -- Chapter Two: Crime and Society 2.0 -- Chapter Three: Facebook and the 2011 Vancouver Riot -- Chapter Four: Police Presentational Strategies on Twitter -- Chapter Five: Police Caught on Camera -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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 using Canada as a case study. 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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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