Policy making 2.0: From theory to practice

Social Media Use for Decision Making Process in Educational Settings: The Greek Case for Leaderships Views and Attitude in Secondary and Tertiary Education

“…Other problems stated are fear of public exposure of the view, skepticism about data security on the Internet, difficulty in use, participation reluctance and legal restrictions coming up due to the centralized educational Greek system. The leadership's view of the three educational structures is consistent with literature references according to which the successful implementation of a multichannel use of social media requires interventions in organizational, technological and human resources level [42] and in training and familiarity of the staff of organizations [43]. The issue of resources is confirmed as the most fundamental deterrent factor of social media usage in higher education in America [11].…”

Evolving ICT and governance in organizational networks - Conceptual and theoretical foundations

“…Facebook, Twitter, etc.) in order to create networks with civil society organizations and citizens, for exploiting their knowledge for the design or improvement of public policies and services, leading to a gradual shift towards 'co-production' of public services (Ferro et al 2013;Linders 2012;Nam 2012). …”

Opportunities and Challenges of Using Web 2.0 Technologies in Government

“…Through the use of applications such as Facebook, YouTube, Blogs and various other tools; Web 2.0 has been actively used for political campaigns and debates especially during the times of elections for all emerging public officials [2]. In this respect, convincing potential users that note will be taken of electronic interaction in terms of policy formulation is important [20] or there is a risk of cynicism undermining any engagement.…”