Impact, Utilization and Applications of Digital Media for Government in Rural Settings. A Comparative US-Romania Research

IF 1 4区管理学 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI:10.24193/tras.70e.7

Tudor VLAD, Cristina HINȚEA, Bogdana NEAMȚU, Viorel STĂNICĂ

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This paper aims to answer the call for studies o Interaction between citizens and government has traditionally taken place in community settings, government meetings, special town hall meetings, written correspondence in letters, emails, or texts, or via a phone call to a government representative. With digital media, citizens can instantly interact with the government. The mobile component of digital media will continue to be important in this interaction. This research operates with the assumption that digital media expresses a paradigmatic shift regarding how to govern and how to communicate. Digital media clearly is transforming the way governments think, plan, and carry out their policies but more importantly, how they communicate public policy. Our research intends to understand how local government institutions in rural settings use digital media and other communication channels to communicate with their citizens. The research employs a comparative perspective by investigating rural communities from the US and Romania. This was achieved by undertaking a content analysis of local government’s websites and social media platforms, as well as collecting primary data through interviews with representatives of local government, to assess the ways they use digital media, traditional media, and other communication tools, and whether they viewed them as effective strategies.

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数字媒体对农村政府的影响、利用和应用。美国-罗马尼亚比较研究

这篇论文的目的是回应对传统上发生在社区环境、政府会议、特别市政厅会议、信件、电子邮件或文本的书面通信或通过电话给政府代表的公民与政府之间的互动进行研究的呼吁。有了数字媒体，公民可以立即与政府互动。在这种互动中，数字媒体的移动部分将继续发挥重要作用。这项研究的假设是，数字媒体表达了一种关于如何治理和如何沟通的范式转变。数字媒体显然正在改变政府思考、规划和执行政策的方式，但更重要的是，它正在改变政府传达公共政策的方式。我们的研究旨在了解农村地方政府机构如何利用数字媒体和其他沟通渠道与他们的公民沟通。这项研究采用了比较的视角，调查了美国和罗马尼亚的农村社区。通过对地方政府网站和社交媒体平台进行内容分析，以及通过采访地方政府代表收集原始数据，评估他们使用数字媒体、传统媒体和其他沟通工具的方式，以及他们是否将其视为有效的策略，从而实现了这一目标。

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Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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2.10

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10.00%

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审稿时长

25 weeks

期刊介绍： TRAS represents a collective effort initiated by an international group aimed at boosting the research in the field of public administration in a country where during the communist regime there was no tradition in this sense. TRAS represents a unique source of specialized analysis of the ex-communist space, of the transition processes to democracy, of the reform of public administration, and of comparative analysis of administrative systems. The general topic covered by the articles in the Review is administrative sciences. As a result of an interdisciplinary, modern approach, the articles cover the following specific themes: Public management, public policy, administrative law, public policy analysis, regional development, community development, public finances, urban planning, program evaluation in public administration, ethics, comparative administrative systems, etc. TRAS encourages the authors to submit articles that are based on empirical research. From the standpoint of the topic covered, TRAS is lined up with the trends followed by other international journals in the field of public administration. All articles submitted to the Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences have to present a clear connection to the field of administrative sciences and the research (both theoretical and empirical) should be conducted from this perspective. Interdisciplinary topics related to organizational theory, sustainable development and CSR, international relations, etc. can be considered for publication, however the research needs to address relevant issues from the perspective of the public sector. Articles which use highly specialized econometrics models as well as studies addressing macro-economic topics will not be considered for evaluation. The decision on whether a certain topic falls within the interest of TRAS belongs to the editors and it is not connected with the overall quality of the work submitted.