Policing Social Media” by Daniel Trottier Precis

In “Policing Social Media” (2012) by Daniel Trottier claims police and other professions use Facebook and fake Facebook profiles to explain that they use social networking sites to find out information. The author writes that Facebook was used in Vancouver for the 2011 riot, the theory of policing the media, describes how Facebook was used in the 2011 Vancouver riot, investigating through fake Facebook profiles, how police legally use fake profiles, the relations between the police and public, and if social networks are insecure. Trottier’s purpose is just to inform the use of social networking sites in order to explain how they use it, that it is legal and relations with the public. The audience for this is police and Facebook users that think that their rights are violated when police collect evidence from their profiles online.

Trottier, Daniel. "Policing Social Media." Canadian Review of Sociology 49.4 (2012): 411-425. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.