SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Toronto Police Service, Citizen Journalism, Sousveillance

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3750
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Lecture 16 media and communications part ii. Investigative reporting, access to info, freedom of the press, transparency/accountability o. Toronto police service corruption, racial profiling and g20 abuse. The cost of this is going up: news and tv outlets do not want to spend money on it. Media often repeat press releases: news companies are taking news releases from police departments and repeating it verbatim, hence, the media often legitimizes the police ideology. A bit of both depending on the media organization. As demand for dramatic, cheap, and readily available crime news increases. The impact of social media on police communications. Widespread use across north america since 2008 o. Some departments claim lack of resources and expertise has slowed uptake. Police claim social media allows for community engagement. It is used for sharing and soliciting incident-related info o. Research suggests social media has been incorporated into the traditional communications mandate o o.