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

Publication Info. Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2021.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in media and communications ; volume 20
Studies in media and communications ; v. 20.
Note "Sponsored by the ASA Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- Results -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Perp Walks as Contested Rituals: Documents, Affordances, and Performances -- Literature Review
Summary Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this volume in Emerald Studies in Media and Communications features social science research on criminality, policing, and mass media in the digital age.
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Subject Mass media and crime.
Mass media and crime.
Digital media -- Social aspects.
Digital media -- Social aspects.
Communication studies.
Language Arts & Disciplines, Communication Studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Wiest, Julie B., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Theorizing criminality and policing in the digital media age. First edition. Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2021 1839091126 9781839091124 (OCoLC)1233165593
ISBN 9781839091117 (electronic book)
1839091118 (electronic book)
9781839091131 (ePub ebook)
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1839091126
9781839091124