The Wisdom of Crowds
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
Individual Adaptation to IT-Induced Change: The Role of Social Networks
Journal of Management Information Systems
iCare home portal: an extended model of quality aging e-services
Communications of the ACM - Scratch Programming for All
thinkflickrthink: a case study on strategic tagging
Communications of the ACM
Government 2.0: Making connections between citizens, data and government
Information Polity - Government 2.0: Making Connections between citizens, data and government
Exploring demand and capability for managing organizational knowledge in government
Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research
MEDI'12 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Model and Data Engineering
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Social Media such as blogs, microblogs or electronic social networks are believed to transform the ways in which we relate to other individuals and organizations. In fact, government organizations around the world are experimenting with the use of some of these tools to relate with their constituencies, and many analysts look in these media a powerful set of tools to reinvent government-citizen relationships. In this paper, we present the perceptions of risks, benefits and strategic guidelines gathered from about 250 public managers from Central Mexico. The main conclusions of the analysis are: 1) that governments' participation in social media may result in several benefits; 2) it is very important to develop a good implementation strategy to realize the benefits and to avoid risks; and 3) implementation of social media applications highlights the importance of updating laws and regulations, as well as promoting changes in culture and practices in government.