Social media adoption at the American grass roots: Web 2.0 or 1.5?

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 498-507

  Reddick, Christopher G ^a   Norris, Donald F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

E democracy; E government; Local government; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890201363     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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