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

This book aims to illustrate the process by which information technology and related changes in communication formats have affected the public face of policing in Canada. Schneider argues that police use of social media has altered institutional police practices in a manner consistent with the logic of social media platforms.

List of contents

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 X/Twitter and TikTok
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 aims to illustrate the process by which information technology and related changes in communication formats have affected the public face of policing in Canada. Schneider argues that police use of social media has altered institutional police practices in a manner consistent with the logic of social media platforms.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher J. Schneider, Schneider Christopher J.
• Assisted by: Altheide David L. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2024
• EAN: 9781666962741
• ISBN: 978-1-66696-274-1
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Police & security services, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Police and security services