Police use of social media has increased in the United Kingdom since 2008 (Crump, 2011),
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considers the collaborative ways in which stories are positioned and constructed collectively by multiple narrators (both formal
police posts, and the commenting public). Given the ability of social media to enact identity through interaction, this research
explores how the identity of the police force is positioned, and repositioned, by social media activity. It concludes that both
the opportunity for dyadic interactions that may underpin effective community policing, and the potential benefits of harnessing
the opportunity for effective identity work, are currently being under utilised on police Facebook sites.
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