Local e-government 2.0: Social media and corporate transparency in municipalities

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-132

  Bonsón, Enrique ^a   Torres, Lourdes ^b   Royo, Sonia ^b   Flores, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate dialog; Local e government; Online transparency; Social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860388660     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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