Social Media-Generated Police Scandal and the Limits of Outrage

Social media use of the police in crisis situations: A mixed-method study on communication practices of the German police

“…Particularly relevant for public authorities in Germany is the “Leitfaden Krisenkommunikation” published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium des Innern, 2014), which highlights the importance of speed, truthfulness, comprehensibility, transparency/openness, consistency, credibility, and entering a dialogue with affected publics. Whereas different means of communication can be used to fulfill those demands, social media seems to be especially fruitful to broadcast critical information quickly, continuously provide updates, correct misinformation, provide guidance during critical situations, and foster the dialogue with relevant stakeholders (du Plessis, 2018; Ellis, 2021).…”

Book Review: Justin Ellis, Representation, Resistance and the Digiqueer: Fighting for Recognition in Technocratic Times

“…In his first monograph, Policing Legitimacy: Social Media, Scandal and Citizenship, Ellis (2021) introduced the concept of "digiqueer criminology." Digital criminology interrogates the ongoing integration of the social and the digital, while "queer" criminology evaluates efforts to address the inequalities and discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ people in the criminal justice context.…”

“…Digiqueer criminology maps the intersection of digital and queer criminology and, in Ellis's work, explores the impact of new digital technologies on negotiations for LGBTQ+ rights and recognition. Ellis's (2021) first monograph focused on the impact of digital media technologies on public order policing and on the ability of LGBTQ+ citizens to hold the police to account, to facilitate dialogue between this community and law enforcement on the policing of major queer events. In this monograph, he broadens the scope of his enquiry to explore wider societal and representational harms to these communities and the tactics and strategies LGBTQ+ communities use to address inequity and to effect justice-in particular, how digital media technologies both impede and enable that objective.…”

“…In his first monograph, Policing Legitimacy: Social Media, Scandal and Citizenship , Ellis (2021) introduced the concept of “digiqueer criminology.” Digital criminology interrogates the ongoing integration of the social and the digital, while “queer” criminology evaluates efforts to address the inequalities and discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ people in the criminal justice context. Digiqueer criminology maps the intersection of digital and queer criminology and, in Ellis’s work, explores the impact of new digital technologies on negotiations for LGBTQ+ rights and recognition.…”