Theorizing criminality and policing in the digital media age / edited by Julie B. Wiest.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wiest, Julie B., editor.

Series:

Studies in media and communications ; Volume 20.

Studies in media and communications ; Volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and crime.

Police and mass media.

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS),this volume inEmerald Studies in Media and Communicationsfeatures social science research on criminality, policing, and mass media in the digital age.

Contents:

Intro

Half-Title Page

Series Page

Editorial Board Members

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

List of Contributors

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Editor's Introduction

New Opportunities for Criminals and Police

Digital Media Representations of Criminality and Policing

Studying Criminality and Policing in the Digital Media Age

References

Section I: New Opportunities for Criminals and Police

Chapter 1: Does Exposure Matter? Media, Education, and Experience Affecting Technology-Mediated Abuse Knowledge, Understanding, and Severity-Perceptions

Technology-Mediated Abuse (TMA)

TMA's Complexity

Public Cognitions on Complex Topics

Exposure Variety

Formal Education

Media Exposure

Personal Experience

Sample and Methods

Procedures

TMA Knowledge, Understanding, and Perceptions

TMA Exposure

Results

Extent and Nature of Overall Exposure (RQ1)

Exposure Effects

Overall Exposure Effects

Educational Exposure Effects (H1)

Media Exposure Effects (H2)

Experiential Exposure Effects (H3)

Discussion

TMA Knowledge: How Do They Know?

TMA Understanding and Severity Perceptions: What Do They Know?

Education

Media

Experience

Study Limitations

Conclusions and Future Directions

Chapter 2: Dealing with Deepfakes: Reddit, Online Content Moderation, and Situational Crime Prevention

Literature Review and Theoretical Framework

Online Platforms and Situational Crime Prevention

Methods and Data

Results and Discussion

Increasing the Effort

Increasing the Risks

Reducing the Rewards

Reducing Provocations

Removing Excuses

Conclusion

Chapter 3: Attaining Security Through Algorithms: Perspectives of Refugees and Data Experts

Introduction.

Algorithms for Security

Critical Perspectives on Security Algorithms

Double Security Conflict of Algorithms

Data and Methods

Security Algorithms and the Context of Host Countries

Sampling Strategy for Refugees and DXs

Data Collection and Analysis

Questioning the Security Algorithms: "How Correct is This System?"

Understandings on Security: "We Cannot Be Treated Equally"

Bolder Borders with Security Algorithms: "A Criminal by Genes?"

Conclusions

Acknowledgements

Section II: Digital Media Representations of Criminality and Policing

Chapter 4: Dramatization of the @GANGSTA: Instagram Cred in the Age of Glocalized Gang Culture

The Gangsta in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility

InstaCred: The Dramatization of the @Gangsta

Tagging and Labeling: From Social Stigma to Recursive Branding

Chapter 5: Perp Walks as Contested Rituals: Documents, Affordances, and Performances

Literature Review

Methodology

Findings and Discussion

A Pretrial Hearing

Affordances: Perp Walks in Service of Law Enforcement

Documents: Perp Walks as Products of News Practices

Performance: Perp Walks as Embodied Displays

Embodied Gatekeeping and Authority

Chapter 6: Images of Crime: Empathetic Newsworthiness and Digital Technologies in the Production of Police News on Television in Argentina

Theoretical Framework

Methods

Findings

What and Who

How

When and Where

Notes

Section III: Studying Criminality and Policing in the Digital Media Age

Chapter 7: "Every Day When I Go to Work, I Wonder If it Will Be the Day I Die": Sensemaking Mass Media and School Shootings

Media Coverage of Mass Shootings

Weick's Sensemaking Process

Social Media as a Sensemaking Tool.

Current Issue

Phase One: Media Selection

Phase Two: Survey

Qualitative Analysis

Part 1: Social Media Posts From Educators/About Educators

Impact on the Educational Community

Solutions to Improve the Safety of the Educational System

Active Shooter Drills

Building Schools to Withstand Shootings

Arm Educators

Part 2: Talking with Current and Future Educators

Media Consumption of School Shootings

Immediate Emotional Impact

Impact on the Learning Environment

Solutions

Limitations and Future Research

Chapter 8: Lost in the Mediascape: Embracing Uncertainties and Contradictions at the Cultural Nexus of Crime and Media

Cultural Criminology, Criminology's Crises, and Liquidity

In the Mediascape: Uncertainties, Complexities, and Contradictions

Wayfinding in the Mediascape

Ethnographic Content Analysis

Qualitative Thematic Press Analysis

Resonance

Chapter 9: Five Things that Went Wrong with Media Violence Research

(1) Researchers Failed to Differentiate Psychologically Well and Unwell Participants

(2) Researchers Used Improper Sampling Procedures

(3) Researchers' Data Fell Vulnerable to Family-Wise Errors

(4) Researchers have Incorrectly Converged Correlational Data to Infer Causality

(5) Researchers Overlooked the Possibility that Watching Media Violence May be a Pro-Social Activity

Note

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83909-111-8

9781839091131 (ePub ebook) :

9781839091117 (PDF ebook) :

OCLC:

1242107455