Inside the digital revolution : policing and changing communication with the public /
Wessels, Bridgette.
Inside the digital revolution : policing and changing communication with the public / by Bridgette Wessels. - Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate Pub., ©2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index.
Introduction: The context of changing communication with the public using digital technologies -- The problem of defining "project digital": making sense of digital technologies in police service environments -- The cultural dynamics of technological change -- Putting the researcher in the field: the performances and positions of the ethnographer in innovative networks of communication -- The cultural history of Programme digital and project ATTACH in the MPS -- Phase one of the relations of production: "kicking-off and the early days" -- Phase two of the relations of production: "moving on and developing e-services" -- The construction of a digital services narrative at European, national and regional levels -- Narratives of service provision in the metropolitan police service: embedding telematics within service narratives -- Participation between service providers and residents: local people's perceptions of services in the East End of London -- Police work and everyday life -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The research methods and objectives of Newham focus groups.
In this work, Bridgette Wessels offers a unique insight into the ways in which core public institutions and powerful organizations develop digital communications and services within the public realm. The book draws on her ethnographic research with the London Metropolitan Police Service which, working in a socially, culturally and demographically complex city, offers a highly revealing case study of technology and human processes.
English.
9780754685302 (electronic bk.) 0754685306 (electronic bk.) 1317116119 9781317116110 1317116100 9781317116103 1281099724 9781281099723 9786611099725 6611099727
Police communication systems--Great Britain.
Digital communications--Great Britain.
Police-community relations--Great Britain.
Police--Systèmes de communication--Grande-Bretagne.
Transmission numérique--Grande-Bretagne.
Relations police-collectivité--Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Law Enforcement.
Digital communications.
Police communication systems.
Police-community relations.
Polizei
Computerunterstützte Kommunikation
Digitalisierung
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HV7936.C8 / W47 2007eb
363.2/4
Inside the digital revolution : policing and changing communication with the public / by Bridgette Wessels. - Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate Pub., ©2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index.
Introduction: The context of changing communication with the public using digital technologies -- The problem of defining "project digital": making sense of digital technologies in police service environments -- The cultural dynamics of technological change -- Putting the researcher in the field: the performances and positions of the ethnographer in innovative networks of communication -- The cultural history of Programme digital and project ATTACH in the MPS -- Phase one of the relations of production: "kicking-off and the early days" -- Phase two of the relations of production: "moving on and developing e-services" -- The construction of a digital services narrative at European, national and regional levels -- Narratives of service provision in the metropolitan police service: embedding telematics within service narratives -- Participation between service providers and residents: local people's perceptions of services in the East End of London -- Police work and everyday life -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The research methods and objectives of Newham focus groups.
In this work, Bridgette Wessels offers a unique insight into the ways in which core public institutions and powerful organizations develop digital communications and services within the public realm. The book draws on her ethnographic research with the London Metropolitan Police Service which, working in a socially, culturally and demographically complex city, offers a highly revealing case study of technology and human processes.
English.
9780754685302 (electronic bk.) 0754685306 (electronic bk.) 1317116119 9781317116110 1317116100 9781317116103 1281099724 9781281099723 9786611099725 6611099727
Police communication systems--Great Britain.
Digital communications--Great Britain.
Police-community relations--Great Britain.
Police--Systèmes de communication--Grande-Bretagne.
Transmission numérique--Grande-Bretagne.
Relations police-collectivité--Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Law Enforcement.
Digital communications.
Police communication systems.
Police-community relations.
Polizei
Computerunterstützte Kommunikation
Digitalisierung
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HV7936.C8 / W47 2007eb
363.2/4