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Unknown Territories: The Strategy of Social Media Usage by Law Enforcement Agencies

Authors:
Azi Lev-On
Gal Yavetz

Keywords: Social Media; Police; Public Administration

Abstract:
The article explores the perceptions of senior police officers concerning the place of social media in the current media ecology, and the desired mode of operation of the police within them. The study demonstrates that the different forms of social media are perceived as significant arenas in the contemporary media landscape, which are "here to stay" and the police has a "duty of presence" in them. Still, this presence should focus primarily on information-providing and image-enhancing activities, avoiding "confrontations" about contested issues.

Pages: 68 to 70

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019

Publication date: February 24, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3956

ISBN: 978-1-61208-685-9

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from February 24, 2019 to February 28, 2019