Study on social media applications by government in Hong Kong
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Huina Xu, Qian ChenAuthors Info & Claims
Huina Xu, Qian ChenAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 267 - 270
Abstract
In the Web2.0 Era, social media is playing a more and more important role in government affairs. This paper conducts a research based on 44 accounts opened by Hong Kong government on five social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, SinaMicroblog and Blog. The authors identify fourteen observation contents of those accounts in order to give a general picture of the current situation of Hong Kong government social media application. Finally, give some suggestions to mainland China social media application practice.
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October 2012
547 pages
ISBN:9781450312004
DOI:10.1145/2463728
- Conference Chairs:
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- Theresa Pardo,
- Haiyan Qian,
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- Natalie Helbig,
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- University at Albany - State University of New York: University at Albany - State University of New York
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Published: 22 October 2012
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ICEGOV '12
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- University at Albany - State University of New York
ICEGOV '12: 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
October 22 - 25, 2012
New York, Albany, USA
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