Web 2.0 and Social Media Growth in Planning Practice: A Longitudinal Study

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 544-562

  Williamson, Wayne ^a   Parolin, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Internet; public participation; sentiment analysis; social media

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MASS MEDIA; PLANNING PRACTICE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84885953172     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2013.840996     Document Type: Article

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