Political and Developmental Correlates of Social Media Participation in Government: A Global Survey of National Leadership Websites

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Katz, James ^a   Halpern, Daniel ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

e government; information and communication technologies; online deliberation; political participation; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872369906     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2012.713286     Document Type: Article

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