TY - JOUR
T1 - Public Communications Leadership
T2 - #CrisisComms and the Manchester Arena Attack
AU - Russell, Jill S.
AU - de Orellana, Pablo
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - How can policing communications deny terrorism its desired effect? British police have steadily mobilised social media to reach stakeholders. In May 2017, Greater Manchester Police communications were effective in mitigating communitarian divisions sought by the Islamic State and in inciting empathy, solidarity, feelings of security and police collaboration. Furthermore, by writing and describing the community, events and actors in ways that serve specific priorities, they were able to take advantage of these platforms. In this article, Jill S Russell and Pablo de Orellana deploy historical and discourse analysis approaches to analyse how police communications depicted the event, civic identity, the police force itself and the response. ◼.
AB - How can policing communications deny terrorism its desired effect? British police have steadily mobilised social media to reach stakeholders. In May 2017, Greater Manchester Police communications were effective in mitigating communitarian divisions sought by the Islamic State and in inciting empathy, solidarity, feelings of security and police collaboration. Furthermore, by writing and describing the community, events and actors in ways that serve specific priorities, they were able to take advantage of these platforms. In this article, Jill S Russell and Pablo de Orellana deploy historical and discourse analysis approaches to analyse how police communications depicted the event, civic identity, the police force itself and the response. ◼.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097382199&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03071847.2020.1845099
DO - 10.1080/03071847.2020.1845099
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097382199
SN - 0307-1847
JO - RUSI Journal
JF - RUSI Journal
ER -
