What makes local governments' online communications successful? Insights from a multi-method analysis of Facebook     

Sara Hofmann  Daniel Beverungen  Michael Räckers  Jörg Becker 《Government Information Quarterly》2013

Little is known about how public sector organisations capitalise on the potential of social networking sites (SNSs) as communication channels. Previous research is short on theoretical models and managerial insights into the success of local governments' online communication strategies. The purpose of this study is to explore how successfully local governments utilise SNSs for managing their external communication with citizens. Using a multi-method analysis of 15,941 posts and 19,290 comments on the Facebook pages of the 25 largest German cities, we make five contributions to research and practice. First, we analyse the properties and topics of government posts to draw a rich picture of how local governments use Facebook as a communications channel. Second, we conceptualise success in governments' online communications in terms of the frequency and polarity of citizens' reactions, which we use for third, evaluating government communication behaviour in SNSs. Fourth, we identify which benefits SNSs offer that traditional communication channels do not provide. Fifth, we offer guidelines for improving the online communication strategies of local governments using SNSs.  相似文献   

How I Got My Head in the Cloud … But Forgot to Bring an Umbrella     

Bernd Becker 《Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian》2013,32(2):112-115

The Association of College and Research Libraries developed information literacy standards and associated performance indicators for undergraduate psychology students. A survey of tenure-track faculty members and full-time lecturers in the Psychology Department at Eastern Michigan University was conducted to discover how those professors viewed the importance of these indicators, and how those professors perceived their role, as well as the role of librarians, in supporting instruction that develops those skills. The psychology faculty acknowledged the curricular value of the information literacy performance indicators and perceived librarians as having a supportive role relative to their own more primary role in developing the skills.  相似文献   

Circulating Laptops in Academic Libraries     

Bernd Becker 《Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian》2013,32(2):125-129

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Learning Analytics: Insights Into the Natural Learning Behavior of Our Students     

Bernd Becker 《Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian》2013,32(1):63-67

The literature of gerontology may be found in the journals of many disciplines and in the popular press. Only journals published in the U.S. and devoted exclusively or in large part to the literature of social gerontology are described here. Journals intended primarily for the layman rather than for the professional worker are not included, even though they may contain some material of interest to the professional. All available bibliographic information is given, and special features of each journal are described. Newsletters of more than local significance are listed but not individually described.  相似文献   

Machiavellians’ Motives in Organizational Citizenship Behavior     

Jennifer A. H. Becker  H. Dan O'Hair 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(3):246-267

This study investigated the relationship between Machiavellianism, a predisposition toward manipulative behavior, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), defined by being helpful, cooperative, and conscientious. Given past findings that Machiavellians seek opportunities for impression management to obtain personal benefit, we hypothesized that the negative association between Machiavellianism and organizational citizenship behaviors toward the organization (OCBO) is stronger than the negative association between Machiavellianism and organizational citizenship behaviors toward individuals or groups (OCBI). Additionally, we hypothesized that Machiavellianism is associated with the OCB motive of impression management, but negatively associated with the OCB motives of organizational concern and prosocial values. Participants were 606 working adults (as well as their supervisors and co-workers) from various organizations in the U.S. South and West. Results generally confirmed the predicted relationships, which were consistent across supervisor and co-worker perceptions as well. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.  相似文献   

How does central rock? The 2004 CSCA keynote address     

Helen Sterk  Samuel L. Becker 《Communication Studies》2013,64(2):193-199

Teachers and scholars from the Central region have been leaders in Communication Studies virtually since the beginnings of the modern era of the field, beginning with the organization of what is now the National Communication Association. Our predecessors in the Central States were imaginative risk‐takers. They saw ways for our discipline to make greater contributions to students and to knowledge and they moved the field in those ways. Such movement is more difficult today, but no less important. The authors encourage innovation and suggest ways to make innovations possible, despite the difficulties.  相似文献   

Improving second language skills of immigrant students: A field trial study evaluating the effects of a summer learning program     

Petra Stanat  Michael Becker  Jürgen BaumertOliver Lüdtke  Andrea G. Eckhardt 《Learning and Instruction》2012,22(3):159-170

Immigrant students’ school success is often hampered by limited second language (L2) proficiency, yet the effectiveness of different approaches to L2 support is unclear. Using a summer camp setting, we tested effects of (1) implicit support focusing on meaning of language by engaging students in language-intensive activities without drawing their attention to rules (operationalization: theatre program) and (2) combined implicit and explicit support focusing students’ attention on both meaning and form of language (operationalization: theatre program and instruction in German as L2). A baseline group received no support. N = 149 third-graders with German as L2 participated. There was no effect for the implicit condition on L2, yet children in the combined condition performed significantly better in grammar and reading after the treatment than the baseline group. The difference for vocabulary did not reach significance. Three months later, a significant effect for the combined condition was only found for reading.  相似文献   

Continuing professional and career development: the doctoral experience of education alumni at a UK university     

Diana Leonard  Rosamunde Becker  Kelly Coate 《Studies in Continuing Education》2013,35(3):369-385

This article reports on a study of alumni who completed their doctorates 2, 5 and 10 years ago at a Graduate School of Education in the University of London (n=162). It investigates the circumstances within which these research students started and completed their research and how they have subsequently used their studies, showing the particular place of the Ph.D. and the new Ed.D. in professional development in the field of education internationally. It questions current national proposals to ‘improve’ doctoral ‘training’ in the UK by enhancing students' employability and suggests that policy should be based on the actual employment and other life needs of postgraduate students in different disciplines. It argues that research students are paying for the privilege of satisfying their intellectual curiosity and making an original contribution to knowledge and are as concerned with personal growth as with vocational development.  相似文献   

Copyright and you     

Gary H. Becker 《TechTrends》1992,37(3):13-14

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Alternate methodologies for instructional media research     

Ann DeVaney Becker 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1977,25(2):181-194

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