Social Media For Lawyers : Harnessing Social Media Resources To Create Visibility And Grow Your Business by Adedunmade Onibokun

Author:Adedunmade Onibokun [Onibokun, Adedunmade]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2020-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

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Social Media and Justice Administration Communication and the information that goes with it is the basis for all social order. As an index of societal values, law essentially depends on networks of information, while the form and content of the law constantly changes to conform to the communicative devices available at any given time. Therefore, today, the judicial systems in place passed through many years and stages of development, with the prevailing communicative structure of each era momentously influencing the legal system. The underlying system of information also conditions the manner in which justice is administered.

Social media is typically used for recreation and entertainment. The medium has also become a powerful tool for criminal justice professionals.

Designing new ways of communicating with citizens is one of the main challenges for public administrations in the context of

social Social Media has become a powerful tool for media’s

criminal justice professionals.

omnipresence. The current tendencies of media consumption and the growth of mobile connections have forced governments to incorporate innovative tools as interactive platforms to improve service delivery to the public. The literature on how social platforms transform public services can be divided into two types. The first emphasizes the opportunities and benefits for governments when adopting new media and creating content-flow models that allow innovative design for institutional communication management. The second type describes how social media are currently used in different government agencies and cities globally. The most shared empirical finding is that public administrations underuse these technologies. Notwithstanding the possibilities to interact, governments still communicate one-way or top-down through social media.33

The World Bank has identified three factors that motivate leaders of developing countries to embrace and encourage

In other legal jurisdictions social media is

being used an effective tool for the

administration of justice.

the use of ICT in their countries. The factors are: the potential of ICT as a solution to economic and social problems; the risk of being isolated from other countries if they fail to embrace the impetus of ICT; and the integration of ICT into development or aid programs by international leaders and foreign donors.34

The legal sector, and the legal profession itself, is a conservative industry where decisions are made by referencing past cases and legislation, some of which are centuries old. Thus, initially, many lawyers and judges expressed reservations about moving from the traditional text based approach to using technology to support their work.35

However, it is also important to note that the courts are not left out of the use of social media and IT. In other legal jurisdictions social media is being used as an effective tool for the administration of justice. For instance, there are online mediations which are facilitated by social media and also court appearances which are facilitated by the video streaming options on many social media applications.

Globally, many countries have embarked upon statutory reforms in order to accommodate the adoption of technological measures (coupled with other initiatives) that promote the rule of law and strengthen democratic principles.36

In Brazil, the introduction of technologies in the courts has improved their efficiency.

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