Today‎,‎ social media have attracted the attention of political actors and administrative institutions to inform citizens as a prerequisite of open and transparent administration‎,‎ deliver public services‎,‎ contact stakeholders‎,‎ revitalize democracy‎,‎ encourage the cross‎-agency cooperation‎,‎ and contribute to knowledge management‎.‎ In this context‎,‎ the social media tools can contribute to the emergence of citizen‎-oriented‎,‎ open‎,‎ transparent and participatory public administration‎.‎ Taking advantage of the opportunities offered by social media is not limited to central government‎.‎ Local governments deploy internet‎-based innovative technologies that complement traditional methods in implementing different functions‎.‎ This book focuses on the relationship between the local governments and social media‎,‎ deals with the change that social media have caused in the organization‎,‎ understanding of service provision‎,‎ performance of local governments and in the relationships between local governments and their partners‎,‎ and aims to adva‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎