Engaging politicians with citizens on social networking sites: The WeGov toolbox

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 22-43

  Wandhöfer, Timo ^a   Taylor, Steve ^b   Alani, Harith ^c   Joshi, Somya ^d   Sizov, Sergej ^e   Walland, Paul ^b   Thamm, Mark ^a   Bleier, Arnim ^a   Mutschke, Peter ^a  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Gov2u ^*  (Greece)

^e WeST ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Citizens; Government; Policy makers; Politics; Social network; WeGov

Indexed keywords

CITIZENS; GOVERNMENT; POLICY MAKERS; POLITICS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; WEGOV;

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84870275879     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2012070102     Document Type: Article

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