Local engagement online: Municipal Facebook pages as hubs of interaction

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 299-307

  Lev On, Azi ^a   Steinfeld, Nili ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Big Data; E Government; E Participation; Engagement; Local Government; Social Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983200751     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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