Social Media and Local Government: Citizenship, Consumption and Democracy

Local Government Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-40

  Ellison, Nick ^a   Hardey, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; consumption; local authorities; participation; social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894268848     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2013.799066     Document Type: Article

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