Using social media to warn potential victims, and encourage youths to denounce crime and violence in Jamaica

Wright-Myrie, Donnette; Charley, Christopher; Hurst, Andrea; Walker, Kevin; Carter, Allan; McIntosh, Ean; Tyndale, Steve; Brown, Melissa; Thomas, Shanne; Willis, Carieca; Anderson, Ann-Marie; Brown, Jodean

doi:10.5897/ijsa2016.0659

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“…This, despites public concerns particularly pertaining to issues of privacy, social norms which relate to the way how people use the technology and misuse of information (Israni, et al, 2017). One of the main reasons why police authority continues to utilise social media is due to its unlimited potential to engage the public, particularly youth (Wright-Myrie et al, 2016). However, information overload requires content creators to craft social media messages that stand out from the crowd, and more crucially, to be able to influence behavioural engagement (Ashley & Tuten, 2014;Coursaris, Osch & Balogh, 2016;Tafesse & Wien, 2018).…”

Section: Evaluating the Impact Of Crime Prevention Information On Soc...mentioning

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Understanding Factors Influencing Crime Prevention Information on Social Media

Ismail,

Md Noor,

Ahmad

et al. 2022

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Social media has transformed policing practices and help to facilitate crime prevention efforts. Despite numerous studies on social media and policing in recent years, not many that focused specifically on source factors of message design and their perceived impact on crime prevention information. This present study aimed to address the gap, by investigating public perceptions toward crime prevention information posted by the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) on social media. Here, crime prevention information on social media refers to any form of communication related to crime. The study was conducted to provide preliminary insights to our research in crime prevention on social media. A survey was carried out involving 400 active Malaysian users of social media in the age range of 18-34. The findings revealed that, the public’s interest in crime prevention information on social media was primarily motivated by information seeking and sharing. Videos, written texts and infographics were found to be the most preferred social media content. The public in general, perceived police’s crime prevention information on social media positively. Out of the three different factors tested, credibility was found to be the significant predictor that can influence public’s perceived impact of crime prevention information on social media. It was also found that, public perception can influence behavior intention to access and share crime prevention information on social media. This study provided a basis for effective utilization of social media for crime prevention.

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Section: Evaluating the Impact Of Crime Prevention Information On Soc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Factors Influencing Crime Prevention Information on Social Media

Ismail,

Md Noor,

Ahmad

et al. 2022

Intellectual Discourse

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“I Didn’t Have the Language”: Young People Learning to Challenge Gender-Based Violence through Consumption of Social Media

Molnar

2022

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In recent years, young people in Australia and abroad have taken to social media to express their concerns about the violent behaviour of their peers, and to share content that challenges the causes of gender-based and interpersonal violence. From launching policy-changing petitions to responding to and engaging with online campaigns, young people are pushing action and momentum from generational changes in feminist movements. Young people have their own contexts and influences that affect understandings and responses to gendered inequality and violence. This paper discusses the findings of nine focus groups with 32 young people who share content online about preventing gender-based violence, exploring their perceptions on their reasonings for using these tools and how they came to assumptions about gender inequality. It explores the contexts that young people in Australia draw upon to challenge existing gender inequalities and their reasonings for using social media to share ideas about preventing violence with others. The findings of this paper, thus, have implications for how young people are engaged in the primary prevention of gender-based violence, suggesting better use for social-media-campaign content engagement.

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Using social media to warn potential victims, and encourage youths to denounce crime and violence in Jamaica

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Understanding Factors Influencing Crime Prevention Information on Social Media

Understanding Factors Influencing Crime Prevention Information on Social Media

“I Didn’t Have the Language”: Young People Learning to Challenge Gender-Based Violence through Consumption of Social Media

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