E-government and social media: the Queensland Government's MYQ2 initiative
In 2008 the government of Queensland, Australia launched a strategic vision for the state and its people entitled Toward Q2. Like many government media activities, the vision was articulated primarily via the Internet: a commonplace form of e-government. Yet Toward Q2 is soon to be accompanied by a...
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| author | Allen, Matthew Balnaves, Mark |
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| description | In 2008 the government of Queensland, Australia launched a strategic vision for the state and its people entitled Toward Q2. Like many government media activities, the vision was articulated primarily via the Internet: a commonplace form of e-government. Yet Toward Q2 is soon to be accompanied by a more innovative form of e-government through another initiative - MyQ2. MyQ2 is a website that aims to harness the power of social media in building governmental interaction with citizens. This paper will focus on describing MyQ2 in its pre-release form, so as to demonstrate how it represents a new form of e-government, building civic engagement, while doing so in a way specific to the needs of government. MyQ2 demonstrates how the use of Web 2.0-based approaches enables governments, in theory at least, to mobilise citizens to become active participants in the operational achievement of governance. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-391932023-01-18T08:46:44Z E-government and social media: the Queensland Government's MYQ2 initiative Allen, Matthew Balnaves, Mark Peter Parycek Alexander Prosser E-government social media Queensland internet studies E-democracy In 2008 the government of Queensland, Australia launched a strategic vision for the state and its people entitled Toward Q2. Like many government media activities, the vision was articulated primarily via the Internet: a commonplace form of e-government. Yet Toward Q2 is soon to be accompanied by a more innovative form of e-government through another initiative - MyQ2. MyQ2 is a website that aims to harness the power of social media in building governmental interaction with citizens. This paper will focus on describing MyQ2 in its pre-release form, so as to demonstrate how it represents a new form of e-government, building civic engagement, while doing so in a way specific to the needs of government. MyQ2 demonstrates how the use of Web 2.0-based approaches enables governments, in theory at least, to mobilise citizens to become active participants in the operational achievement of governance. 2010 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39193 Austrian Computer Society (Osterreichishe Computer Gesellschaft) restricted |
| spellingShingle | E-government social media Queensland internet studies E-democracy Allen, Matthew Balnaves, Mark E-government and social media: the Queensland Government's MYQ2 initiative |
| title | E-government and social media: the Queensland Government's MYQ2 initiative |
| title_full | E-government and social media: the Queensland Government's MYQ2 initiative |
| title_fullStr | E-government and social media: the Queensland Government's MYQ2 initiative |
| title_full_unstemmed | E-government and social media: the Queensland Government's MYQ2 initiative |
| title_short | E-government and social media: the Queensland Government's MYQ2 initiative |
| title_sort | e-government and social media: the queensland government's myq2 initiative |
| topic | E-government social media Queensland internet studies E-democracy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39193 |