Policing cyber-neighbourhoods: tension monitoring and social media networks

Policing and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-481

  Williams, Matthew L ^a   Edwards, Adam ^a   Housley, William ^a   Burnap, Peter ^a   Rana, Omer ^a   Avis, Nick ^a   Morgan, Jeffrey ^a   Sloan, Luke ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiff Online Social Media ObServatory; public order; riot; social media; tension monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876050684     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.780225     Document Type: Article

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