01481pab a2200157 454500008004000000100003500040245005500075260000900130300001600139362001200155520107300167650001101240650001701251700002201268773003301290180718b2015   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGrimmelikhuijsen, Stephan G.    aDoes twitter increase perceived police legitimacy?  c2015  ap. 598-607.  aJul-Aug  aSocial media use has become increasingly popular among police forces. The literature suggests that social media use can increase perceived police legitimacy by enabling transparency and participation. Employing data from a large and representative survey of Dutch citizens (N = 4,492), this article tests whether and how social media use affects perceived legitimacy for a major social media platform, Twitter. A negligible number of citizens engage online with the police, and thus the findings reveal no positive relationship between participation and perceived legitimacy. The article shows that by enhancing transparency, Twitter does increase perceived police legitimacy, albeit to a limited extent. Subsequent analysis of the mechanism shows both an affective and a cognitive path from social media use to legitimacy. Overall, the findings suggest that establishing a direct channel with citizens and using it to communicate successes does help the police strengthen their legitimacy, but only slightly and for a small group of interested citizens. - Reproduced.  aPolice  aSocial media  aMeijer, Albert J.  aPublic Administration Review