2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103453
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Getting through COVID-19 together: Understanding local governments' social media communication

Abstract: This study provides new insights into how local governments (LGs) manage pandemic-related crisis communication with citizens on their social media (SM) profiles. We analyze over 3000 posts published on SM profiles of selected LGs in Poland to get insights on rhetorical communication strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. We document LGs as they go beyond the simple transmission of information to citizens and use SM in an engaging and educational manner. We found three types of rhetorical strategies and their… Show more

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“…First, we contribute to existing studies by exploring public responses to government measures and focusing on specific policies in the recovery stage. During the pandemic, many researchers analysed government responses from the government side and mainly used data from official accounts ( Górska, Dobija, Grossi, & Staniszewska, 2021 ; Tsao et al, 2021 ). We particularly explore government measures from the public side, which supports public involvement and collaborative governance.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…First, we contribute to existing studies by exploring public responses to government measures and focusing on specific policies in the recovery stage. During the pandemic, many researchers analysed government responses from the government side and mainly used data from official accounts ( Górska, Dobija, Grossi, & Staniszewska, 2021 ; Tsao et al, 2021 ). We particularly explore government measures from the public side, which supports public involvement and collaborative governance.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En base a lo visto, entendemos que las ciudades se enfrentan al doble reto de adaptar sus estrategias de comunicación al nuevo panorama mediático y de afrontar esta inesperada pandemia desde la perspectiva organizativa (Rawaf et al, 2020;Sharifi & Khavarian-Garmsir, 2020) y comunicativa (Górska et al, 2022;Caldevilla-Domínguez et al, 2021). En consonancia con Ritchie y Jiang (2019) y McCartney et al (2021), que abogan por que la investigación futura no solo investigue las capacidades de las ciudades para salir de una crisis, sino también la capacidad de crear oportunidades futuras (Sigala, 2020) y la resiliencia (Filimonau & Coteau, 2020), esta investigación analiza los sitios web de las 26 ciudades más visitadas del mundo para mostrar sus principales características, recursos comunicativos, fortalezas y debilidades, profundizando en cómo tratan la información relacionada con la COVID-19.…”
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“…La segunda visión convoca los trabajos de Castillo ; Górska et al (2021) y Beattie Priestley (2021. Dichos autores resaltan la importancia de la comunicación para la democracia, especialmente en momentos de crisis, y cómo las redes sociales jugaron un rol de relevancia en esta coyuntura para enfrentar la pandemia.…”
Section: Gobiernos Digitales Localesunclassified