Implications of Social Media Use in Participatory Budgeting in Monroe County, Indiana

Possible Types and Sources of Data

The research will involve a wide array of data. These data must not only rely on secondary types but also the primary ones. Therefore, the primary data will include information collected from social media posts from the year 2017 to 2018. The posting must reference the Monroe County in terms of the budgets or other political issues. The secondary data also must be aligned to budget summaries of the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years. In doing so, the data will probe the differences in projections over all the years of collection.

The participants will not be tied to a particular geographical location but around different regions across the county. Nonetheless, all opinions will matter regardless of gender and class. The inclusion criteria, which includes the use of social media to debate on political and budget issues, for participants, will involve adults from different backgrounds.

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