Abstract e-Participation has advantages over traditional modes of public participation:
independent of time and place, information can be provided and updated at reasonable …

Citizens increasingly demand an active role in public affairs and decision-making
processes. From a critical standpoint, this chapter consolidates existing knowledge and, in …

Some governments have proven social media's potential to generate value through co-
creation and citizen participation, and municipalities are increasingly using these tools in …

There has been significant research and practice oriented towards the rational exploitation
of the rapidly emerging web 2.0 social media by private sector firms (Constantinides, 2009 …

The emergence of Web 2.0 social media offers big opportunities for widening and
enhancing e-participation in government agencies' decision and policy making processes …

Described is the research concerning the systematic, intensive and centralized web 2.0
social media exploitation by government agencies for widening and enhancing participative …

It is widely acknowledge that many of e-Participation initiatives often attract wider audience
and face serious limited citizens' involvement. The use of social media has been seen as a …

Purpose This paper aims to examine major stakeholders' communication preferences in
eParticipation initiatives and discuss how this affects the public sphere. Despite the potential …

Government agencies and departments all over the world have started using various forms
of social media for different purposes. Though the use of social media in public sectors is …

This article undertakes a literature review on such articles on social media and citizen-
centric e-government services. This research uses 139 articles to perform the intended …