RT Article
T1 The Use of Twitter by Police Officers in Urban and Rural Contexts in Sweden
JF International criminal justice review
VO 31
IS 4
SP 456
OP 476
A1 Ceccato, Vania
A1 Solymosi, Reka
A1 Müller, Oskar
A2 Solymosi, Reka
A2 Müller, Oskar
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1777391105
AB The aim of this article is to investigate the nature of information sharing via Twitter by police officers. We examine the content of Tweets in urban and rural contexts using a sample of 20 police-related Twitter accounts, comparing official and personal accounts active in Southern Sweden. Exploratory data analysis and in-depth content analysis of a sample of Tweets compose the underlying methodology. We find a distinct pattern of consistency in the content of the information shared via the official police accounts compared to the personal accounts, regardless of if they are from urban or rural areas. However, some urban–rural differences were observed between official and personal accounts regarding public engagement, operationalized as likes and Retweets. The study calls for a discussion of new models of police engagement using social media by a society that is increasingly shaped by the internet.
K1 Internet
K1 Social media engagement
K1 Rural areas
K1 community policing
K1 Twitter
DO 10.1177/10575677211041926