In the media
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- New Technologies for Knowledge Sharing by Steve Kelman in FTC’s The Lectern Blog, March 28, 2016
- Sharing Expertise within your Agency by John Kamensky in Government Executive, March 23, 2016
- The “De-Siloization” of Knowledge in Government by John Kamensky on the IBM The Center for the Business of Government blog, March 22, 2016
- FedScoop: EPA defiant on social media 'propaganda' ruling, December 18, 2015
- Government Executive: Embracing Negative Feedback, October 8, 2015
- SU News: Election 2016: Creating a ‘Roadmap’ for Next Administration, June 4, 2015
- FedScoop: Interior explores Periscope, bids farewell to digital guru, April 30, 2015
- INSCT, Moynihan Present Social Media Findings to Local Emergency Managers, November 19, 2014
- Federal News Radio Interview, Social Media Metrics for Government, June 19, 2014
- Government Executive: Social Media Metrics for Government: A Manager's Handbook, June 10, 2014
- StarTribune: Bookshelf: "Social Media in the Public Sector Field Guide", March 16, 2013.
- New York Times: A New Website Warns Small Business Owners of Coming Regulations, by Robb Mandelbaum, February 1, 2013.
- FedScoop: Social media in the public sector - podcast, January 14, 2013
- Information Week: The Government Leader's Guide To Social Media, book review, David F. Carr, January 10, 2013
- New Books in Political Science: Social Media in the Public Sector, podcast series produced by Heath Brown, December 16, 2012.
- Government Technology Magazine: Social Media Field Guide Author Interview, November 28, 2012.
- Syracuse University News: Social media become vital tool in business, presidential campaign, September 4, 2012
- Korean Times: Why Psy and not JYP? by Jason Lim, September 21, 2012
- Donau Kurier: Wahlkampf 2.0: Im Rennen um das Weisse Haus spionieren die Kandidaten bei ihren Waehlern - ganz legal, by Claudia Lohmeyer, September 21, 2012
- Syracuse University News: Social media become vital tool in business, presidential campaign, September 4, 2012
- MSNBC Today on the Trail: Hashtag Homework - Students study social side of election, August 24, 2012
- NPR/WRVO: Studying the Political Science of Social Media, August 20, 2012
- ABC Channel 9, "Pollsters using social media to gauge popularity of candidates", August 14, 2012 (incl. video)
- Federal Computer Week: "Twitter Guide for the Perplexed", August 08, 2012.
- Review of Ines Mergel's "A Manager’s Guide to Designing a Social Media Strategy", posted by IBM Center for the Business of Government, August 3, 2012
- NextGov.com: "GAO's Web 2.0 proposals could stifle digital innovation", August 1, 2012.
- NextGov.com: "11 tips for crafting your social media policy", July 30, 2012.
- Press release for my "Social Media and the 2012 Election" class this fall with live coverage of guest speakers and updates on my blog.
- What a Twitter map can and cannot tell: Quoted in article on Gates Foundation Twitter network based on my Twitter analysis here(February 2012).
- GSA Web Manager University webinar, November 7, 2011: "Crowd-Sourced Wikis in Government"
- Mergel, I. (2011): Crowdsourced Ideas Make Participating in Government Cool Again, in: PA Times, American Society for Public Administration, Vol. 34, No. 4, October 2011, p. 4 & 6, Special Issue: From Bureaucratic to Cool: A Call for Public Service.
- Quoted in: Democrat and Chronicle.com: "For elected officials, social media tools present new challenges" (07/16/2011)
- My Government 2.0 Syllabus is featured on the Open Government flagship site data.gov (05/16/2011)
- My Government 2.0 Revisited: Social Media Strategies in the Public Sector wins the 2010 H. George Fredrickson PA TIMES Best Article Award (02/28/2011)
- USA Today: Governors on YouTube (pdf) (10/22/2010)
- PostCrescent: Governors send unfiltered message to public with YouTube videos (pdf) (10/22/2010)
- Explorer: Governments try social media (09/15/2010)
- Mergel, I. (2010): Government 2.0 Revisited: Social Media Strategies in the Public Sector, in: PA Times, American Society of Public Administration, Vol. 33, No. 3, p. 7 & 10.
- From Zero to 2.0: How social media can change collaboration in government (Video), presentation to Maxwell's CNY Alumni