Participative public policy making through multiple social media platforms utilization

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 78-97

  Charalabidis, Yannis ^a   Loukis, Euripidis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electronic participation (E Participation); Public participation; Public policy; Social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE DESIGNS; E-PARTICIPATION; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS; WEB 2.0;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DATA INTEGRATION; DECISION MAKING; RESEARCH; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84870274935     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2012070105     Document Type: Article

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