Social media in Egyptian government websites: Presence,usage, and effectiveness |
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Authors: | Hisham M Abdelsalam Christopher G Reddick Sara Gamal Abdulrahamn Al-shaar |
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Institution: | 1. Decision Support and Future Studies Center, Faculty of Computers and Information, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;2. Department of Public Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA;3. The National Management Institute, Cairo, Egypt |
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Abstract: | This paper examines the presence, usage, and effectiveness of Egyptian government social media websites. The adoption of social media technology provides an illustration of the application of New Public Service (NPS) theory to public administration. The first phase of this study examined the presence of social media applications on these government websites. The second phase analyzed the use of Facebook by governmental entities in Egypt. The use of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were the top social media applications in Egyptian government websites, which is consistent with other government surveys of social media found in developed countries. In terms of effectiveness of these social media websites, they were used mainly to post information, with very little two-way interaction between citizens and government. The analysis in this paper shows that social media in Egypt is not much in line with the NPS theory. |
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Keywords: | Social media Egypt Government Facebook Public Administration Revolution on January 25th New Public Service |
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