Knowing your publics: The use of social media analytics in local government

Information Polity

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 287-298

  Moss, Giles ^a   Kennedy, Helen ^b   Moshonas, Stylianos ^a   Birchall, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analytics; digital data; local government; public engagement; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948770851     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-150376     Document Type: Article

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