Framing fantasies: public police recruiting videos and representations of women

Walby, Kevin; Joshua, Courtney

doi:10.1080/10345329.2020.1818425

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“…There is a juxtaposition in how these two types of posts represent diversity. Recruitment materials appear to feature greater representation of underrepresented groups (women and people of color) ( Walby and Joshua, 2021 ), whereas those posts which show new recruits appear to show that women and people of color appear to remain underrepresented within actual practices (i.e. new recruits are largely white and male).…”

Section: Representing Diversity In Policingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The visual politics of public police Instagram use in Canada

Walby

Wilkinson

2021

New Media & Society

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Public police now use online and social media spaces as forums for communication. Drawing from discourse and semiotic analysis, and contributing to literature on police image management, we analyze police Instagram communications from five Canadian cities. Focusing on public police services’ Instagram posts, which are more indebted to visual communication than Twitter and Facebook, we examine the ways police communications frame community and diversity. Arguing that these communications resemble the fantastical authenticity found in other Instagram communications, we show how police mobilize images of community and diversity on Instagram to create positive affective relations with community. We argue that these communications amplify policing myths and operate to enhance police legitimacy. In the discussion, we assess what our findings mean for literatures on public police social media communications and policing myths.

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Section: Representing Diversity In Policingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The visual politics of public police Instagram use in Canada

Walby

Wilkinson

2021

New Media & Society

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“…This disparagement of women officers confirms the work of Brown (1998), which suggests that sexual harassment of women police officers is ‘going underground’ (Brown, 1998: 280) and becoming more implicit, as the police seek to emphasise their improved diversity (Walby and Joshua, 2021). The abuse that Ruth referred to was recalled by other police officers in their contributions:How dare they judge her by her appearance when she’s utterly capable and able, and I felt very indignant about that, and it was further evidence to me of the venom that there is and the incapacitating nature of that type of trolling.…”

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confidence: 57%

“…It is worth noting that while not as common, police officers still occasionally received abuse that led them to fear for their personal safety. The evidence provided by Thomasina highlights an unintended consequence of the police using social media as a mechanism for communicating with the public (Walby and Joshua, 2021). As O'Connor (2017) confirms, by using online platforms as a way of providing information, individual officers may find themselves in the position of being 'risk communicators' (O'Connor, 2017: 900), which in turn jeopardises their safety and well-being.…”

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Investigating the role of social media abuse in gender-based violence: The experiences of women police officers

Watson

2022

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Online abuse communicated via social networking sites has increased considerably in recent years, with a significant amount of pejorative communication targeted at women. This mixed methods research study investigates the online abuse received by women police officers in the course of their work. The study considers how the abuse received in the online space echoes other forms of gender-based violence, drawing upon evidence gathered from semi-structured interviews with serving senior police officers in England and Wales. The research has devised a seven-element framework to demonstrate that the online abuse directed at women is misogynistic, frequently includes violent threats and dismisses female contributions to online discussions. The study also reveals that the abuse directed at women varies significantly, depending on occupation, with women police officers more likely to receive abuse that questions their ability or criticises their appearance.

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“…Wood (2020) examines the use of memes by public police on social media, finding that police use humor and images of animals to expand their list of followers and to make more affective connections with the public. In Canada, literature to date has similarly observed that police use multiple strategies on Twitter and other social media sites to curate their image and to manage public views of police work (Walby & Joshua, 2021; Walby & Gumieny, 2020; O’Connor, 2017; Schneider, 2016). Public police communicate and create their own images online in part because of ongoing tensions with news media (Duncan & Walby, 2022; Ellis & McGovern, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Their communications and public relations work are deserving of investigation. As attempts to influence local governments and municipal budgets (Duncan & Walby, 2022), police communications are political (Walby & Joshua, 2021; Wall, 2020). These communications may also be attempts to garner legitimacy or boost trustworthiness, meaning that research on police social media use also has implications for literature on police legitimacy (Tankebe, 2013; Tyler, 2004).…”

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Police Union and Police Association Communications on Social Media and Legitimacy Spillover in Canada

Isaak

Walby

2022

International Criminal Justice Review

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Although literature on police use of social media is expanding, almost all previous research has focused on police services. Existing literature has not examined the social media communications of multi-jurisdictional police unions and other associations. Unions represent police members during collective bargaining. Multi-jurisdictional police associations represent a specific issue or demographic within policing. We examine Twitter use by multi-jurisdictional police unions and associations in Canada. Although we demonstrate that there is variation by type of organization, we nevertheless contend the central aim of these union and associations communications is to provide horizontal legitimacy spillover, legitimizing not only police officers across Canada but the police institution itself. In conclusion, we reflect on what these findings mean for literatures on police social media communications and police unions and associations.

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Framing fantasies: public police recruiting videos and representations of women

Cited by 9 publications

References 89 publications

The visual politics of public police Instagram use in Canada

The visual politics of public police Instagram use in Canada

Investigating the role of social media abuse in gender-based violence: The experiences of women police officers

Police Union and Police Association Communications on Social Media and Legitimacy Spillover in Canada

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