To what extent is social media used in city government policy making? Case studies in three asean cities
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6730-0273
David Almarez
Sataporn Roengtam
Salahudin Salahudin
Hazel D. Jovita
Dian Suluh Kusuma Dewi
David Efendi
Abstract
Social media has a significant impact on political and social life, particularly in policy making. In order to examine social media use in policy making, the researchers obtained and analyzed data on Twitter or Facebook using a NodeXL program from January to June 2016 in three ASEAN cities, Bandung (Indonesia), Iligan (Philippines) and Pukhet (Thailand). Research found that Bandung City has made significant achievement at the engagement level by engaging with the city community in daily city affairs. Meanwhile, Iligan City and Pukhet City are still in the stage of transforming their respective internal organizations. The pivotal factors of social media use in three cities is top and middle leader role, legal standing for social media use, policy framework and internal change management
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