The visual politics of public police Instagram use in Canada

Walby, Kevin; Wilkinson, Blair

doi:10.1177/14614448211015805

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“…Showability instead emphasizes officers’ agency using videos themselves. Police forces around the world increasingly experiment with online media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram, to boost transparency, create affective relations (Walby and Wilkinson, 2021), and communicate their own messages, for example, solicit information regarding certain crimes. However, criminological scholarship has focused almost exclusively on how increased police oversight has contributed to globalized spectacles of misconduct.…”

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The showability of policing: How police officers’ use of videos in organizational contexts reproduces police culture

Keesman

2023

European Journal of Criminology

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While much scholarly literature on police ‘canteen’ culture focuses on police storytelling, there is little research on the effects of camera phone technologies on police behaviours, particularly in organizational settings. This article introduces the concept of showability to examine how police officers use videos in their everyday police life, and how this relates to police culture. Based on an ethnographic study of the Dutch police, it illustrates that officers show, share, and discuss videos of various policing acts such as arrests, car chases, and use-of-force events, and do this in various locations such as office spaces, squad cars, and on the streets. First and foremost, officers show videos to entertain and to educate themselves and their fellow officers. Second, showing videos is a new occupational practice that, like in telling stories, reinforces and refutes aspects of police culture, for instance, a masculine ethos. The article contributes to criminological scholarship on the era of ‘new visibility’ by demonstrating that showability is a form of inward visibility wherein officers generate a visual world that fits their professional vision. It also contributes to a sociological understanding of the ‘everydayness’ of police culture. I claim that showability is a key feature of policing practices, which is relevant in light of increasing pressures on the police to account for their work.

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The showability of policing: How police officers’ use of videos in organizational contexts reproduces police culture

Keesman

2023

European Journal of Criminology

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“…Literature on Instagram usage, emotional investment in Instagram, self-efficacy, sense of community and self-esteem is discussed. Instagram usage has been reviewed and analysed in numerous work (Zhao et al, 2023) who examined the platforms impact on young adult's mental health, (Walby & Wilkinson, 2023) who talked about the role played by social media police. Scholars such as Kang and Wei (2020) investigated what is known as "Finsta" which refers to fake Instagram accounts.…”

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Can Instagram Be Adopted as an Innovative Tool for Developing Self-Esteem? An Evaluation of Self-Esteem through Social Media User-Experience

Ligaraba,

Chuchu

2023

SMC

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Instagram has emerged as one of the most popular social media platforms. This study examined Instagram usage of young adults in an emerging market, South Africa. The research sought to establish the extent to which Instagram usage may affect self-esteem among young consumers in emerging markets. A conceptual model has been developed based on identified factors such as Instagram usage, emotional investment in Instagram, self-efficacy, sense of community and self-esteem. 361 active Instagram users were selected through convenience sampling and the feedback they provided was processed for insights. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to investigate the interrelationships between the constructs. Implications for marketers include promoting adequate use of Instagram and making users aware of the potential threats of its excessive usage.

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“…In the context of the continuous development of new media, the police need to strengthen the degree of attention to the construction of public relations, establish a perfect public relations crisis management system, and then reasonably solve the public relations crisis events [9][10]. The police should establish a crisis early warning system, using this system to be able to predict the occurrence of PR crises in advance, so as to take timely and reasonable countermeasures to reduce the negative impact of PR crises [11][12][13]. Properly solving PR crises and developing good social relations is the main direction of construction [14].…”

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The etymology study of “fetish opposition” based on FTA analysis and the police PR avoidance approach

Ge,

Liu,

Luo

et al. 2024

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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In the contemporary post-truth era, there is a marked increase in the individual’s need for emotional expression and self-awareness. This paper introduces and defines the concept of “Fetish Opposition” through etymological research. Employing fault tree analysis, this study analyzes the risk identification and structural importance of “Fetish Opposition” in the context of “Public Security Prohibition” enforced by police departments. This is approached from the perspective of security system engineering, aiming to elucidate the underlying issues and delineate strategies to mitigate the phenomenon of “anti-public security.” This exploration seeks to provide theoretical guidance for enhancing the effectiveness of public security organs. The findings indicate that “lack of law enforcement transparency” holds structural importance of 0.186 within the fault tree of “Fetish Opposition,” making it the most significant factor affecting the entire system. Based on this insight, the police public relations department could develop targeted strategies to prevent such situations, thereby also opening new avenues for research in social psychology and the stabilization of police-community relations.

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The visual politics of public police Instagram use in Canada

Cited by 21 publications

References 56 publications

The showability of policing: How police officers’ use of videos in organizational contexts reproduces police culture

The showability of policing: How police officers’ use of videos in organizational contexts reproduces police culture

Can Instagram Be Adopted as an Innovative Tool for Developing Self-Esteem? An Evaluation of Self-Esteem through Social Media User-Experience

The etymology study of “fetish opposition” based on FTA analysis and the police PR avoidance approach

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