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Law enforcement framing on social media

by Westerlund Niklas Jonsson

Institution: Uppsala University
Year: 2016
Keywords: Social media; frame analysis; qualitative content analysis; Sina Weibo; Facebook; law enforcement; police; Public Security Bureau; 死哪微博; 平安北京; 金盾工程; Social Sciences; Media and Communications; Communication Studies; Samhällsvetenskap; Medie- och komm
Posted: 02/05/2017
Record ID: 2134792
Full text PDF: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-297955


Abstract

In less than a decade, social media has become one of the most important tools for interpersonal communication in the developed world. Social media also provide a platform for companies, organizations and government institutions to disseminate information and interact with users. This thesis examines the use of social media by law enforcement agencies in Sweden and China by looking at Facebook and Sina Weibo respectively. The study has used a qualitative content analysis as its method and frame analysis as its theoretical framework. The purpose of the thesis has been to examine how the police frame their content on social media, and whether the framing differs between the two countries’ law enforcement agencies. The findings suggest that the police in Sweden and China frame their content differently; the Swedish police frame their posts with emotions, and appeal to readers to be responsible citizens to a higher degree than their Chinese counterparts do. The Chinese police (Beijing Public Security Bureau) frame their posts with more authoritative language, although this is contrasted with their use of frames that are humorous as well. However, both agencies tend to frame their content in a neutral way most of the time. This suggests that both agencies put an emphasis on disseminating neutral information for a variety of different topics, rather than framing their content for a specific purpose.

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