Reusing social media information in government

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 305-312

  Wukich, Clayton ^a   Mergel, Ines ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Reuse of public sector information; Social media content analysis; Social media sharing practices; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958212475     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2016.01.011     Document Type: Article

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