Connecting citizens and local governments? Social media and interactivity in major U.S. cities

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 351-358

  Mossberger, Karen ^a   Wu, Yonghong ^a   Crawford, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Open government; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890201534     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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