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This chapter examines how environmental civil society organizations in China construct their accountabilities through social media use. Through case studies of three environmental civil society organizations in Bei**g, China, this research explores the impact and potential of social media to change the conceptualization of accountability and finds that information technology has been an instrument for organizations to demonstrate their accountability and transparency, lacking the engagement and direct input from the public and the community. This chapter argues that civil society organizations’ current underutilization of social media mainly focuses on resource-based accountability.
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**e, M., Chao, CC. (2022). Social Media as Mechanism for Accountability: Cases of China’s Environmental Civil Society. In: Ngwainmbi, E.K. (eds) Dismantling Cultural Borders Through Social Media and Digital Communications. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92212-2_3
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