The impact of the cessation of blogs within the UK police blogosphere

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ID11490004
AutoresSarah Pedersen (0000-0001-8017-4227, Robert Gordon University), Simon Burnett (0000-0003-1239-5612, Robert Gordon University), Robert Smith (0000-0002-8593-1298, Robert Gordon University), Andy Grinnall (0000-0001-9456-5106, Robert Gordon University)
Año2014
Volumen29
Número2
Páginas160-176
Fecha de publicación2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Technology Work and Employment (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0268-1072 • E-ISSN: 1468-005X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ntwe.12028
OpenAlexW2133188438
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas29

This article investigates the concept of influence within a group of police work‐bloggers. During the period studied (2007–2013), three influential police bloggers, well‐known within the small and tightly knit UK police blogosphere, abruptly ended their blogging activity. Their cessation stimulated others to reconsider their own blogging and led to several bloggers ceasing to blog for fear of being outed and disciplined or because they had been warned by superiors. This can be seen as part of a wider phenomenon as increasing blog surveillance has resulted in a reduction of work‐related blogs. The study shows that work‐blogging cessation is influenced by the activities or perceived activities of bloggers' peers and that, while internal factors were influential in the creation of new work‐blogs, external factors—in particular, fear of consequences for their career—were the predominant influences on their cessation

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