Policing and Social Media - Social Control in an Era of New Media

This book illustrates how 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.

List of contents

Foreword by David L. Altheide
Introduction: Media Logic, Policing, and Social Media
Chapter 1: Media Formats and Police Social Control Practices
Chapter 2: Crime and Society 2.0: Police and Social Networking
Chapter 3: Facebook and the 2011 Vancouver Riot
Chapter 4: Police Presentational Strategies on Twitter
Chapter 5: Police Caught on Camera: Framing the Death of Sammy Yatim
Conclusion: Policing on Social Media

About the author

By Christopher J. Schneider - Foreword by David L. Altheide

Summary

This book illustrates how 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.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Schneider, Christopher J. Schneider
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781498533737
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3373-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology