Title :
Social Media Technology and Government Transparency
Author :
Bertot, J.C. ; Jaeger, Paul T ; Munson, S. ; Glaisyer, Tom
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Researching and evaluating social media initiatives is essential to encourage usage, continually improve the tools and policies governing their use, and develop governance processes that incorporate social media participation in its many forms.
Keywords :
government data processing; multimedia computing; social networking (online); governance process development; government transparency; social media initiatives; social media participation; social media technology; Blogs; Communities; Electronic government; Internet; Media; YouTube; Computers and society; Social media technologies; Technology-mediated social participation;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2010.325
