Government 2.0: An exploratory study of social networking services in Japanese local government

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 225-242

  Schellong, Alexander R M ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Japan; Local government; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010951432     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160810917936     Document Type: Article

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