Explaining variation in the e-Government features of municipal websites: An analysis of e-Content, e-Participation, and social media features in Canadian municipal websites

Canadian Journal of Urban Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-24

  Dolson, Jordan ^a   Young, Robert ^b  

^a Office of the City Clerk   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

E Government; Evaluation; Municipal; Social media; Website

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; RESEARCH; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84881304813     PISSN: 11883774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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