Citizens Speak Out: Public e-Engagement Experience of Slovakia  • 

This article analyzes the Slovak experience of citizens’ e-engagement on different levels.  Occasioned by the explosive development of social media networks all over the world, the article addresses the general progress in the use of technologies of e-participation, especially Web 2.0, in political relations in Slovakia. Using social network analysis, special attention is paid to the use of social media in governmental-citizen relations and the e-government systems in place. Slovak governmental web and social media use at the municipal level and also in the socio-political communication strategy of political parties are the central focus.