Functional fragmentation in city hall and Twitter communication during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Atlanta, San Francisco, and Washington, DC
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TL;DR: A comparative case analysis of three cities using data from city agency Twitter accounts and key informant interviews demonstrates the consequences of fragmentation for internal coordination, as well as public outreach in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
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About: This article is published in Government Information Quarterly. The article was published on 01 Jan 2021. and is currently open access. The article focuses on the topics: Social media & Government.
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