Social media use in the U.S. Executive branch

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-63

  Snead, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Open Government; Public participation; Social media; Technology; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870378908     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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