Lori A Brainard
Biographic Data
| ID | 4127704 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lori A Brainard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lori A |
| FAMILY NAME | Brainard |
| SIGNATURE | BRAINARD L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Putting “Perspectives” in Perspective
In the context of increasing diversity, polarized politics, and degraded public discourse, public servants are more central than ever to democracy. What new skills might they need? How might we address them in our curricula? This article analyzes one attempt: “Perspectives on Public Values,” a course that fosters empathy in difficult conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) while relying on literary fiction as its material. To d…
Pursuing the promises of social media? Changes in adoption and usage of social media by the top 10 U.S. police departments
Recent academic literature highlights the potential benefits of social media use by government agencies, such as police departments (PDs). This study builds on previous work to explore whether and how the top 10 U.S. police departments changed their social media use between two points in time. To d o this, we examine what, if any, changes have occurred in PDs' use of social media, their use of it for interaction, as well as their use of the platf…
Top 10 U.S. Municipal Police Departments and Their Social Media Usage
Social media technologies present a new way for government agencies to connect with, and potentially collaborate with, their residents. Police departments (PDs) are a setting ripe for use of social media as an extension of their community policing efforts. In this article, we explore the use of social media by PDs in the top 10 most populous U.S. cities. We analyze police-initiated posts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube over a 3-month period to …
Electronic Commons, Community Policing, and Communication
In recent years, scholars and practitioners have bemoaned the decline in public life. The "commons," as the worry goes, is shrinking. The article investigates the effort by the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department (DC MPD) to facilitate an electronic commons in which residents and police department personnel can work together, via online discussion groups, to address crime and safety issues. Using both quantitative and qualitative metho…
Civil Society Theory
Community, Types of
Virtual Government–Citizen Relations
Public administration theory and practice suggest that e-government, citizen participation, and government–citizen collaboration are contributing to a movement toward New Public Service—as opposed to Old Public Administration and New Public Management. We explore this by focusing on the relationship between the Washington, D.C., police and local residents via online discussion groups. We ask, How do police interact with citizens virtually? How ar…
Citizen Organizing in Cyberspace
This article investigates two examples ofcitizen cyber-organizing in the context ofthe literatures on social capital and organizing. It asks, What can cyber-organizations teach us about the current state of social capital? What are the implications ofcyber -organizing for the context ofpublic administration? What implications do cyber-organizations hold for the role of the public administrator? The author concludes that the continuous communicati…
Cyberspace Challenges to Mainstream Nonprofit Health Organizations
Nonprofits are increasingly significant to public administration. The field also is confronting the Internet. In examining health-based nonprofits, the authors ask: How are traditional nonprofits and newer radical groups using the Internet? What is the relationship between these two types of groups? Traditional groups use the Internet for organizational maintenance whereas newer groups use it for the more “radical” pursuits of empowerment, advoca…
Presidential Leadership, Interest Groups, and Domestic Policymaking Summitry
Policymaking models suggest a trade-off between the values of efficiency and representation. To the extent that the president represents a national constituency, and in light of the expansion of the office, presidential leadership potentially supplies a remedy to this dilemma. Nevertheless, each policymaking model suggests specific obstacles facing presidents who seek to take a leadership role in directly influencing policy. This article, which f…
Top 10 U.S. Municipal Police Departments and Their Social Media Usage
Social media technologies present a new way for government agencies to connect with, and potentially collaborate with, their residents. Police departments (PDs) are a setting ripe for use of social media as an extension of their community policing efforts. In this article, we explore the use of social media by PDs in the top 10 most populous U.S. cities. We analyze police-initiated posts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube over a 3-month period to …
Citizen Organizing in Cyberspace
This article investigates two examples ofcitizen cyber-organizing in the context ofthe literatures on social capital and organizing. It asks, What can cyber-organizations teach us about the current state of social capital? What are the implications ofcyber -organizing for the context ofpublic administration? What implications do cyber-organizations hold for the role of the public administrator? The author concludes that the continuous communicati…
Virtual Government–Citizen Relations
Public administration theory and practice suggest that e-government, citizen participation, and government–citizen collaboration are contributing to a movement toward New Public Service—as opposed to Old Public Administration and New Public Management. We explore this by focusing on the relationship between the Washington, D.C., police and local residents via online discussion groups. We ask, How do police interact with citizens virtually? How ar…
Pursuing the promises of social media? Changes in adoption and usage of social media by the top 10 U.S. police departments
Recent academic literature highlights the potential benefits of social media use by government agencies, such as police departments (PDs). This study builds on previous work to explore whether and how the top 10 U.S. police departments changed their social media use between two points in time. To d o this, we examine what, if any, changes have occurred in PDs' use of social media, their use of it for interaction, as well as their use of the platf…
Electronic Commons, Community Policing, and Communication
In recent years, scholars and practitioners have bemoaned the decline in public life. The "commons," as the worry goes, is shrinking. The article investigates the effort by the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department (DC MPD) to facilitate an electronic commons in which residents and police department personnel can work together, via online discussion groups, to address crime and safety issues. Using both quantitative and qualitative metho…
Cyberspace Challenges to Mainstream Nonprofit Health Organizations
Nonprofits are increasingly significant to public administration. The field also is confronting the Internet. In examining health-based nonprofits, the authors ask: How are traditional nonprofits and newer radical groups using the Internet? What is the relationship between these two types of groups? Traditional groups use the Internet for organizational maintenance whereas newer groups use it for the more “radical” pursuits of empowerment, advoca…
Putting “Perspectives” in Perspective
In the context of increasing diversity, polarized politics, and degraded public discourse, public servants are more central than ever to democracy. What new skills might they need? How might we address them in our curricula? This article analyzes one attempt: “Perspectives on Public Values,” a course that fosters empathy in difficult conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) while relying on literary fiction as its material. To d…
Presidential Leadership, Interest Groups, and Domestic Policymaking Summitry
Policymaking models suggest a trade-off between the values of efficiency and representation. To the extent that the president represents a national constituency, and in light of the expansion of the office, presidential leadership potentially supplies a remedy to this dilemma. Nevertheless, each policymaking model suggests specific obstacles facing presidents who seek to take a leadership role in directly influencing policy. This article, which f…
Cyberspace Challenges to Mainstream Nonprofit Health Organizations
Nonprofits are increasingly significant to public administration. The field also is confronting the Internet. In examining health-based nonprofits, the authors ask: How are traditional nonprofits and newer radical groups using the Internet? What is the relationship between these two types of groups? Traditional groups use the Internet for organizational maintenance whereas newer groups use it for the more “radical” pursuits of empowerment, advoca…
Citizen Organizing in Cyberspace
This article investigates two examples ofcitizen cyber-organizing in the context ofthe literatures on social capital and organizing. It asks, What can cyber-organizations teach us about the current state of social capital? What are the implications ofcyber -organizing for the context ofpublic administration? What implications do cyber-organizations hold for the role of the public administrator? The author concludes that the continuous communicati…
Civil Society Theory
Community, Types of
Virtual Government–Citizen Relations
Public administration theory and practice suggest that e-government, citizen participation, and government–citizen collaboration are contributing to a movement toward New Public Service—as opposed to Old Public Administration and New Public Management. We explore this by focusing on the relationship between the Washington, D.C., police and local residents via online discussion groups. We ask, How do police interact with citizens virtually? How ar…
Electronic Commons, Community Policing, and Communication
In recent years, scholars and practitioners have bemoaned the decline in public life. The "commons," as the worry goes, is shrinking. The article investigates the effort by the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department (DC MPD) to facilitate an electronic commons in which residents and police department personnel can work together, via online discussion groups, to address crime and safety issues. Using both quantitative and qualitative metho…
Top 10 U.S. Municipal Police Departments and Their Social Media Usage
Social media technologies present a new way for government agencies to connect with, and potentially collaborate with, their residents. Police departments (PDs) are a setting ripe for use of social media as an extension of their community policing efforts. In this article, we explore the use of social media by PDs in the top 10 most populous U.S. cities. We analyze police-initiated posts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube over a 3-month period to …
Pursuing the promises of social media? Changes in adoption and usage of social media by the top 10 U.S. police departments
Recent academic literature highlights the potential benefits of social media use by government agencies, such as police departments (PDs). This study builds on previous work to explore whether and how the top 10 U.S. police departments changed their social media use between two points in time. To d o this, we examine what, if any, changes have occurred in PDs' use of social media, their use of it for interaction, as well as their use of the platf…
Putting “Perspectives” in Perspective
In the context of increasing diversity, polarized politics, and degraded public discourse, public servants are more central than ever to democracy. What new skills might they need? How might we address them in our curricula? This article analyzes one attempt: “Perspectives on Public Values,” a course that fosters empathy in difficult conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) while relying on literary fiction as its material. To d…
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · E-Government and Public Services (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works)