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Civil Society , Social Media and Facebook Usage by Local Governments : Birth of the Tsukuba Study and the Tsukuba Civic Activities Cyber-Square

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This chapter introduces the Tsukuba case study and social media usage. It discusses the possibilities and problems of complementary communication channels such as social networking services for promoting civil society activities and linking civil society organizations. The chapter focuses on the first phase of the Tsukuba Civic Activities Cyber-Square [Tsukuba Shimin Katsudō no Hiroba] on Facebook Experiment from early in 2012 and how it functioned during and after the May 6, 2012 Tsukuba city tornado disaster for subsequent relief and support activities.

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    Muneo Kaigo & Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki

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Kaigo, M., Tkach-Kawasaki, L. (2017). Civil Society , Social Media and Facebook Usage by Local Governments : Birth of the Tsukuba Study and the Tsukuba Civic Activities Cyber-Square . In: Kaigo, M. (eds) Social Media and Civil Society in Japan. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5095-4_4

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