{"product_id":"9783032290120","title":"The Mediatization of Policing in the Global South Crossing the Line Between Policing and the Media","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Mediatization of Policing in the Global South\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCrossing the Line Between Policing and the Media\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbbigail Ajim\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThis book investigates how the media shape contemporary police practice and decision-making by examining the image work activities of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) over the past two decades. The book expands the geographical reach of mediatization scholarship to the Global South and offers an original six-phased process for mediatized policing. Adopting an institutionalist approach, it uses expert interviews with Audio-Visual and Corporate Communications personnel, Sergeants, Inspectors, and Commissioners of Police. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe book discusses how Audio-Visual Units form and later become ‘engine-rooms’ for police image work; the magnetic field of mutual interests between the media and the police; how the police compete in the attention economy and use crime television shows and documentary film-making; how Facebook organises the work day of media unit personnel; and what gives rise to Mediatized Commissioners of Police.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAbbigail Ajim\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e has taught media and communications for over 15 years at higher education institutions in China and her native Trinidad and Tobago. She has worked in public relations and as a freelance journalist in the press and television. Her research interests lie in police public relations, crime reporting, and the use of digital media in the newsroom, in corporations, and higher education.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032290120\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49493436530828,"sku":"9783032290120","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032290120.jpg?v=1783044308","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032290120","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}