Social Media in Public Employment

Eric Otenyo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_2456

Social Media in Public Employment

Eric Otenyo

Politics and International Affairs

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Abstract

Social media refers to various forms of electronic communications through which end users share different forms of ideas and content, which includes pictures, video clips, and messages. Social media applications are also venues for microblogging and networking among invited individuals with mostly similar interests. Contemporary public managers should be adequately conversant with the new-networked workplace and be familiar with social media technologies (Mergel 2012). These applications are transforming organizational cultures in unprecedented ways. Governments and other institutions are finding social media as important tools for communicative exchanges with the public. Perhaps one organizational motivation is to use social media to broadcast and share news and information among stakeholders as a means to enhance accountability and transparency. Because of the….

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Go.
Subtitle of host publication	With 294 Figures and 229 Tables
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	5691-5699
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319209289
ISBN (Print)	9783319209272
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_2456
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

Keywords

Online community communication channels
Online social forum
Social networking sites

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine
General Business, Management and Accounting
General Social Sciences

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