Social Media for Government responds to calls within the overall public administration discipline to enhance the theory-practice connection, giving practitioners space to tell academics what is happening in the field in order to encourage further meaningful research into social media use within government.

Part 1: Social Media in Government: An Introduction Introduction and Overview Staci M. Zavattaro Part 2: Social Media: Internal Management and Issues 1. The Impact of the Public Commons on Public Sector Organizations Martinella M. Dryburgh and Karabi C. Bezboruah 2. Disclosure in Online Promotions: The Effect of FTC Guidelines on Digital Public Relations and Advertising Cayce Myers 3. Applying Records Management Principles to Managing Public Government Social Media Records Patricia C. Franks 4. Some Ideas for Branding via Social Media Staci M. Zavattaro 5. Social City Hall Warren Kagarise 6. Telling the Story of Boston through Social Media Lindsay Crudele 7. Digital Dashboards as Social Media: Using Data to Increase Transparency and Accountability Nicole M. Rishel Elias and Peter S. Federman 8. Dashboards as Social Media Tools: Practitioner Perspectives Ray Parr Part 3: Social Media: External Relations 9. Fostering Engagement Through Social Media?: The Case of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department Lori A. Brainard 10. Social Media and the Boynton Beach, Florida Police Department Stephanie H. Slater 11. Social Media for Emergency Management Clayton Wukich and Alan Steinberg 12. Social Media in Emergency Management: Examples from the Field Suzanne L. Frew and Alisha Griswold 13. Hashtag Activism at its Best?: A Comparative Analysis of Nonprofit Social Media Use for Mobilizing Online Action Rowena L. Briones, Melissa Janoske, and Stephanie Madden 14. Social Media at a Regional Food Bank: The Case of Second Harvest Greg Higgerson, Melissa Kear, Maria Shanley, and Dave Krepcho 15. Branded 'Man' - Myth of 'free' services, and the Captured Individual Arthur J. Sementelli 16. The Risks of Social Media: Full Transparency, Partial Transparency, and Empowering Transparency Thomas A. Bryer Part 4: Social Media in Government: Future Directions Conclusion and Next Steps for Research and Practice Thomas A. Bryer