The use of twitter by mayors in Turkey: Tweets for better public services?

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 417-425

  Sobaci, Mehmet Zahid ^a   Karkin, Naci ^b,c  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Better public service; Municipality; Social media; Turkish mayors; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890174930     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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