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Pursuing the promises of social media? Changes in adoption and usage of social media by the top 10 U.S. police departments

Pursuing the promises of social media? Changes in adoption and usage of social media by the top... Recent academic literature highlights the potentialbenefits of social media use by government agencies, such as policedepartments (PDs). This study builds on previous work to explore whether andhow the top 10 U.S. police departments changed their social media usebetween two points in time. To do this, we examine what, if any, changeshave occurred in PDs' use of social media, their use of it for interaction,as well as their use of the platforms for dialogic communication. Ourfindings suggest that there is change, yet the change is slow and not alwaysin the direction of hype. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Information Polity IOS Press

Pursuing the promises of social media? Changes in adoption and usage of social media by the top 10 U.S. police departments

Edlins, Mariglynn; Brainard, Lori A.
Information Polity , Volume 21 (2): 18 – Jan 1, 2016
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IOS Press
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Copyright © 2016 IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved
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1570-1255
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10.3233/IP-160380
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Abstract

Recent academic literature highlights the potentialbenefits of social media use by government agencies, such as policedepartments (PDs). This study builds on previous work to explore whether andhow the top 10 U.S. police departments changed their social media usebetween two points in time. To do this, we examine what, if any, changeshave occurred in PDs' use of social media, their use of it for interaction,as well as their use of the platforms for dialogic communication. Ourfindings suggest that there is change, yet the change is slow and not alwaysin the direction of hype.

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Information Polity – IOS Press

Published: Jan 1, 2016

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