Social media effects on fostering online civic engagement and building citizen trust and trust in institutions

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 291-301

  Warren, Anne Marie ^a   Sulaiman, Ainin ^a   Jaafar, Noor Ismawati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Civic participation; Facebook; Institutional trust; Online civic engagement; Social capital; Social media; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899957277     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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