A critical examination of social media adoption in government: Introducing omnipresence

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 257-264

  Zavattaro, Staci M ^a   Sementelli, Arthur J ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Civic capacity; Civic engagement; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899965072     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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