Sporting Mega-Event Security in Hyperreality and its Consequences for Democratic Security Governance
In: Democracy and security, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 233-256
ISSN: 1555-5860
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In: Democracy and security, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 233-256
ISSN: 1555-5860
In: Policing and society: an international journal of research and policy, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 354-368
ISSN: 1477-2728
In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 113-118
ISSN: 1548-3290
In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 113-119
ISSN: 1045-5752
In: Policing: a journal of policy and practice, Band 17
ISSN: 1752-4520
Abstract
There exists a range of sporting mega-event security case studies from respective Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, International Association Football Federation (FIFA) World Cup, and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Championships. This literature tends to focus on outlining the policing and physical security arrangements at respective Games and the social consequences of these. However, no studies have examined police use of social media at a mega-event. This article addresses this gap by analysing the Twitter activities of social media accounts from police forces and units within Glasgow and London during the Euro 2020 Finals. The article makes an empirical contribution to the mega-events and policing literature by identifying that the police used Twitter in five strategic ways: security spectacle, demonstration of effective partnership working, responsibilization of citizens, public feedback and reporting, and real-time crowd management. Such findings have important implications for the use of social media by police practitioners at future mega-events and for football policing.
In: IJDRR-D-23-02838
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