Social media and public safety

Social media, as a new approach, plays a very important role in organizations, especially in intelligence and security agencies, in order to benefit them from providing security. Therefore, the present study aimed to identify the benefits of social media in promoting public safety. This research was conducted using descriptive-correlation method. The statistical population consisted of 260 experts from Kermanshah Police Command Officer. A sample of 152 individuals was selected through simple random sampling. A data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The findings of this study indicate that the two-way communication of social media actors (in particular, police and users) is another influential factor in promoting public safety as well as social partnerships in social media in the form of creating discursive space for expressing views and creating The space for scientific collaboration between police and users and the possibility of public participation are important components in promoting public safety. And sharing information in the media, including the dissemination of information at a low and timely cost, sharing data and information in public areas related to security, sharing images, news and news bulletins, disseminating information equally in Relation to ethnicity and the dissemination of events and important provincial events in the social media to inform the police promptly in the direction of the provision and promotion of public safety. On the other hand, there is no time and place constraints on the use of social media as a result of the impact of Another transition is to promote public safety