Kocaeli is one of the most industrialized cities of Turkey, located in Marmara region next to
İstanbul. The city incorporates many big trade organisations, small and medium size enterprises,
non-governmental organisations, a university with fifty thousand students, tourism and leisure time
facilities etc. Both social and economic activities are in a massive and complex nature, so the local
governments of the city both enjoy the high local council revenue and deal with the problem of
high local service demands.
As part of governmental structure of the country, local governments deal with day-to-day relations
and services to the public. Today, it is very vital for local governments to find out the best way of
service provision and effective communication with less expense, so website communication and
service provision by internet/corporate website seem to be the most popular solution. But, this
relatively newer communication/service provision tool for governments need to be designed
carefully, strategically, up-to-date and professionally. This aspects of website design can help to
have a better communication channel and also a place to provide services for local government.
That’s why, exploring the cases can highlight the inside stories and actual dynamics of how and
why they were designed and used in local governments. In this paper, the questions mentioned
above were asked in case of Kocaeli boroughs, local governments. A qualitative, structured
questionnaire was used to gain first hand information from the local governments in Kocaeli and
also website monitoring and content examination was used to compare the data. Results are
descriptive, expressive form of a qualitative research approach and maintain inside stories on the
procedures and the aim of building a website in the framework of this case.
Other ID | JA88CD52RY |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 1, 2015 |
Submission Date | December 1, 2015 |
Published in Issue | Year 2015 Volume: 7 Issue: 2 |