The proliferation of social media in the so-called ‘post-broadcast era’ has profoundly altered the terrain for researchers to produce public scholarship and engage with the public. To date, however, the impact of social media on public criminology has not been subject to empirical inquiry. Drawing from a dataset of 116 survey responses and nine interviews, our mixed methods study addresses this opening by examining how criminologists in Australia and New Zealand have employed social media to engage in newsmaking and public criminology. This article presents findings from survey questions that assess the practices and perceptions of criminologists in relation to social media, and insights from an analysis that explores the political, ethical, and logistical issues raised by respondents. These issues include the democratising potential of social media in criminological research, and its ability to provide representation for historically marginalised populations. Questions pertaining to ‘newsmaking criminology’ and the wider performance of ‘public criminology’ are also addressed.

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澳大利亚和新西兰的数字公共犯罪学：犯罪学家使用社交媒体的混合方法研究的结果

在所谓的“后广播时代”，社交媒体的激增极大地改变了研究人员获得公共奖学金和与公众互动的领域。但是，迄今为止，社交媒体对公共犯罪学的影响还没有进行实证研究。从116个调查问卷答复和9个访谈的数据集中得出，我们的混合方法研究通过检查澳大利亚和新西兰的犯罪学家如何利用社交媒体从事新闻制作和公共犯罪学来解决这一问题。本文介绍了评估犯罪学家对社交媒体的实践和看法的调查问题的发现，以及对受访者提出的政治，道德和后勤问题进行分析的见解。这些问题包括社会媒体在犯罪学研究中的民主化潜力，以及其在历史上处于边缘地位的人群的代表能力。还涉及与“新闻犯罪学”和“公共犯罪学”的广泛表现有关的问题。