Social Media Use by Government: From the Routine to the Critical

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dc.contributorComputer Science. Digital Library Research Laboratoryen
dc.contributor.authorKavanaugh, Andrea L.en
dc.contributor.authorFox, Edward A.en
dc.contributor.authorSheetz, Steven D.en
dc.contributor.authorYang, Seungwonen
dc.contributor.authorLi, Lin Tzyen
dc.contributor.authorWhalen, Travisen
dc.contributor.authorShoemaker, Donald J.en
dc.contributor.authorNatsev, Paulen
dc.contributor.authorXie, Lexingen
dc.contributor.departmentDigital Library Research Laboratoryen
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessed2014-09-18en
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T19:54:00Zen
dc.date.available2015-05-28T19:54:00Zen
dc.date.issued2011-06-01en
dc.description.abstractSocial media (i.e., Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube) and other services with user-generated content have made a staggering amount of information (and misinformation) available. Government officials seek to leverage these resources to improve services and communication with citizens. Yet, the sheer volume of social data streams generates substantial noise that must be filtered. Nonetheless, potential exists to identify issues in real time, such that emergency management can monitor and respond to issues concerning public safety. By detecting meaningful patterns and trends in the stream of messages and information flow, events can be identified as spikes in activity, while meaning can be deciphered through changes in content. This paper presents findings from a pilot study we conducted between June and December 2010 with government officials in Arlington, Virginia (and the greater National Capitol Region around Washington, DC) with a view to understanding the use of social media by government officials as well as community organizations, businesses and the public. We are especially interested in understanding social media use in crisis situations (whether severe or fairly common, such as traffic or weather crises).en
dc.format.extent10 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationKavanaugh, Andrea, Edward A. Fox, Steven D. Sheetz, Seungwon Yang, Lin Tyz Li, Travis Whalen, Donald Shoemaker, Paul Natsev, Lexing Xie. "Social Media Use by Government: From the Routine to the Critical." In ACM Proceedings of the 12th International Annual Conference on Digital Government Research (2011), June 12-15, 2011 (College Park, MD). New York: ACM Press.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/52765en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://eventsarchive.org/sites/default/files/dgo.2011.Paper%20Final.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectInternet in public administrationen
dc.subjectCrisis informaticsen
dc.subjectSocial mediaen
dc.subjectE-governmenten
dc.titleSocial Media Use by Government: From the Routine to the Criticalen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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