Local and State Government Search | GovScan.com » Social Media http://govscan.com Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:11:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Government social media policy…a new frontier in communications http://govscan.com/2009/10/22/government-social-media-policy-a-new-frontier-in-communications/ http://govscan.com/2009/10/22/government-social-media-policy-a-new-frontier-in-communications/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:22:39 +0000 Eric http://govscan.com/?p=84 The advent and growth of social media policy in government has policy setters playing catch-up. Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites can be an excellent way for governments to keep its citizens abreast of current events and happenings. This new medium is about transparently, community sharing, and relationships- governments must understand they can no longer control the conversation, rather, they need to participate in the conversation, be honest and direct.

GovScan can be a useful way of tracking government policy for social media including Facebook and Twitter. To find policies set by various communities try using the following searches:

“social media policy”, Facebook policy, Twitter policy, and “comment policy”.

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