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This article presents as a case study the use that Spanish public administrations have made of social media (particularly Twitter) to interact with citizens as a crisis management mechanism during the Covid-19 pandemic. This work poses the following research questions: what have been the main uses in Twitter during the crisis response phase? What have been the main actors involved in the development of these virtual initiatives? Our analysis uses big data from Twitter, classifying the different cases based on a well-known matrix of information flows and cooperation during emergency management: the #EsteVirusLoParamosUnidos campaign, launched by authorities and public administrations with a public service delivery orientation; #YoMeQuedoEnCasa, promoted by citizens to limit mobility before the official lockdown; and #AplausoSanitario, started from the citizenship, and with authorities support, that managed to have great emotional and social impact. Our results highlight that the participation of public administrations have been extensive and have revealed an incipient use of these digital platforms to complement public service delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The rapid adoption of social media by public administrations deserves attention from the side of institutional information and communication. One of the points recently identified is the tone used by public sector organizations to deliver their messages, as it may encourage citizen collaboration and participation. This paper explores the tone that Spanish city councils with more than 50,000 inhabitants are using in their social media profiles. This paper is based in two research questions: (a) What is the general tone used by the city councils in their use of social media?; (b) What explanatory factors are behind the adoption of one tone or another? Studying Twitter through big data techniques and statistical analysis, this study finds a positive general communicative tone. Traditional organizational, institutional and environmental factors do not seem to have a statistical significant influence over the tone. This article concludes with proposals for improvement on future research derived from the research results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Copyright of IDP: Revista de Internet, Derecho y Politica is the property of Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Deliberative democracy and the information and communication technologies play a central role in the debate about the deepening of our democratic practices. On the one hand, the proposal of Jurgen Habermas and those who share their perspectives are committed to a revitalization of the public space. It is the center of their political model. On the other hand, the emergence of the Internet and the Web 2.0 has motivated a structural change of the public space dominated by mass media. However, is this structural change an opportunity window for the implementation of Haber-mas's deliberative model? In this line, this article discusses whether this digital communication based on interactive tools and political blogging reflect the pattern defined by the theory of discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines collaborations between Latin American governments and public administration organs to promote policies which make use of electronic government (eGovernment). The role of eGovernment as a subject of interest in the scope of modernization in the public sector is addressed, as well as European programs which illustrate the methods of eGovernment.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between firm characteristics and its environment, motivations for cooperating and partner selection. Particularly we analyze the heterogeneity of four types of partner: competitors, clients, suppliers (universities and technological centers). The estimation has been run with longitudinal data of the «Encuesta sobre Estrategias Empresariales» (1997-2002). Our results point out vertical cooperation as the preferred one when the firm is pursuing commercials goals, as well as the completion of innovation process. Public funding and technological capabilities are important motivations for selecting universities and technological centres. Competitors are a significant alternative when the firm is looking for partner to achieve funding for research projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]