Perceptions of personal security in social media and search engines: A realistic reflection of actual crime rates?
The most common method of measuring subjective fear of crime in the general population has traditionally been through surveys. With the spread of digital technologies, however, data from social media and search engines could now help researchers learn more about people's subjective perceptions of certain types of crime. The present article will show that although the analysis of data from social media and search engines is not suitable as an indicator of actual crime levels in Germany, it can certainly be a cost-effective supplement to traditional methods of collecting data on perceived crime levels.
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2015
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Authors: | Rieckmann, Johannes ; Schanze, Jan-Lucas |
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DIW Economic Bulletin. - Berlin : Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), ISSN 2192-7219. - Vol. 5.2015, 12, p. 178-186
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Berlin : Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |
Subject: | crime | crime statistics | indicator | perception | security | social media | social network | search engine |
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freely available
Type of publication: | Article |
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Type of publication (narrower categories): | Article |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 821045695 [GVK] hdl:10419/108853 [Handle] |
Classification: | H79 - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations. Other ; K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity ; z18 |
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