Academic team: Prof Harith Alani, Dr Miriam Fernandez
Policing partners: Humberside Police, Gloucestershire Police, Dorset Police
Status: Complete
The aim of this project, which builds on previous research conducted through CPRL, is to understand what attracts citizens to engage with social media policing content, from corporate as well as from non-corporate accounts. The proposed approach combines learnings from existing theories and studies on user engagement as well as from the analysis of 1.5 Million posts from 48 corporate and 2,450 non-corporate Twitter police accounts. Results provide police specific guidelines on how to improve communication to increase public engagement and participation
| Title | Outputs type | Lead academic | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social media engagement | Final Report | Alani, H | 2018 |
| Policing engagement via social media | Presentation | Fernandez, M | 2017 |
The recent publication of Policing the Crowd brought together more than two decades of research, theory, and operational experience examining the psychology of crowds and its implications for public order policing.