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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458728303321

Autore

Wessels Bridgette

Titolo

Inside the digital revolution [[electronic resource] ] : policing and changing communication with the public / / by Bridgette Wessels

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; ; Burlington, VT, USA, : Ashgate Pub., c2007

ISBN

1-317-11611-9

1-317-11610-0

1-281-09972-4

9786611099725

0-7546-8530-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Disciplina

363.2/4

Soggetti

Police communication systems - Great Britain

Digital communications - Great Britain

Police-community relations - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.