Normalisation of crisis communication in post-crisis times: examining the Facebook page of Hong Kong police force during and after radical protests

Despite the extensive research on police use of social media for crisis communication, their post-crisis social media activity warrants further exploration. This paper analyses 4,177 posts from the Hong Kong Police Force’s (HKPF) Facebook page from June 2018 to May 2021, covering periods before, dur...

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VerfasserInnen: Tang, Gary (VerfasserIn) ; Leung, Dennis K. K. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2024
In: Policing and society
Jahr: 2024, Band: 34, Heft: 10, Seiten: 1074-1090
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