We predict a riot?: Public order policing, new media environments and the rise of the citizen journalist

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1041-1059

  Greer, Chris ^a   McLaughlin, Eugene ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

citizen journalism; G20; hierarchy of credibility; Ian Tomlinson; inferential structure; news media; police violence; public protests

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958525376     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq039     Document Type: Article

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