Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán

Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan is Associate Professor of Social and Political Sciences Faculty of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM) based in Toluca, México. He has been professor of the Graduate School of Public Administration (EGAP) and Business Administration (EGADE) of the Institute of Technology and Superior Studies of Monterrey (ITESM), Campus Estado de Mexico. He is a member of the National Researchers System Level 2. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 research papers and the book Building Digital Government Strategies (2017). In 2013 he won the 2nd Latin American Award for Public Administration (INAP). Dr. Sandoval Almazan is a member of Mexican Academy of Science and some editorial boards of e-government journals such as Government Information Quarterly, IJPADA. His research interests include e-government metrics, public innovation, information technology organizations, social media in government, and open government.

Publications

The Singularity Is Near?: Unraveling Artificial Intelligence, Ethos, and Human Rights in the Era of Emerging Digital Transform
Rigoberto García García-Contreras, David Valle-Cruz, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán. © 2024. 19 pages.
Artificial intelligence is growing exponentially, revolutionizing society, and approaching a virtual point called the “Singularity.” This chapter explores the complex...
Artificial Intelligence in Innovation Labs: Map of Cases for the Public Sector
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, Adrián Osiel Millán-Vargas. © 2023. 18 pages.
Living labs are settings for open innovation that offer a collaborative platform for research, development, and experimentation in real-life contexts. The research question is...
Affective Polarization in the U.S.: Multi-Emotional Charge Analyzed Through Affective Computing
David Valle-Cruz, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán, Asdrubal López-Chau. © 2023. 28 pages.
Affective polarization is a phenomenon that has invaded the political arena empowered by social networks. In this chapter, the authors analyze the Capitol riot posts on Twitter....
A Literature Review of E-Government Research in Mexico Utilizing the PRISMA Methodology
Marcela Diaz-Guzman Verastegui, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, Jose Melchor Medina-Quintero. © 2023. 13 pages.
This research aims to understand the state of the art in Mexico's e-government research field, research trends, empirical research, e-government access, adoption, and...
Citizen Engagement and Social Media: The Case of Mexican Presidential Candidacies
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, Juan Carlos Montes de Oca Lopez. © 2022. 22 pages.
Social media has transformed election campaigns around the world. While it is difficult to determine to what extent social media influence voters' decisions, there is no...
Rise and Fall of Digital Activism in Mexico From 2000-2019
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan. © 2022. 26 pages.
Political activism is more alive than ever. After the scandal of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, online social media platforms restricted the distribution of content to privacy...
Boosting E-Participation: The Use of Social Media in Municipalities in the State of Mexico
David Valle-Cruz, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan. © 2022. 19 pages.
In this chapter, the authors show two case studies of the use of social media in municipal governments: Lerma, a small municipality with a significant growth, and Metepec, an...
Review on the Application of Lexicon-Based Political Sentiment Analysis in Social Media
David Valle-Cruz, Asdrúbal López-Chau, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán. © 2022. 21 pages.
This chapter presented an analysis of the application of lexicon-based political sentiment analysis in social media. The aim is to identify the most frequently used lexicons in...
Sentiment Analysis in Crisis Situations for Better Connected Government: Case of Mexico Earthquake in 2017
Asdrúbal López Chau, David Valle-Cruz, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán. © 2022. 20 pages.
One of the pillars of connected government is citizen centricity: an approach in which citizen participation is essential. In Mexico, social networks are currently one of the...
Sentiment Analysis in Crisis Situations for Better Connected Government: Case of Mexico Earthquake in 2017
Asdrúbal López Chau, David Valle-Cruz, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán. © 2021. 20 pages.
One of the pillars of connected government is citizen centricity: an approach in which citizen participation is essential. In Mexico, social networks are currently one of the...
Designing E-Government Legal Institutions: A State-Level Comparison in Mexico
Francois Duhamel, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán. © 2021. 15 pages.
The aim of this article is to understand the way digital government laws are designed through the analysis and comparison of general objectives, governance mechanisms and roles...
Open Justice in Latin America?: An Assessment Framework for Judiciary Portals in 2015
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán. © 2020. 21 pages.
The new trend of information technology and communications has been adopted by court systems. A similar path follows other powers in the republics: executive branches with...
Rise and Fall of Digital Activism in Mexico From 2000-2019
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan. © 2020. 27 pages.
Political activism is more alive than ever. After the scandal of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, online social media platforms restricted the distribution of content to privacy...
Diffusion of Innovations Among Mexico: The Technology Adoption of State Governments
David Valle-Cruz, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan. © 2020. 24 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to describe the technological adoption by state governments, based on a longitudinal study of technology in Mexico for which the authors analyzed...
Political Messaging in Digital Spaces: The Case of Twitter in Mexico's Presidential Campaign
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan. © 2019. 19 pages.
Political messaging is adapting to new digital spaces. However, the power of citizens through the use of this digital spaces is still unknown. Many citizens criticize political...
Citizen Engagement and Social Media: The Case of Mexican Presidential Candidacies
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, Juan Carlos Montes de Oca Lopez. © 2019. 20 pages.
Social media has transformed election campaigns around the world. While it is difficult to determine to what extent social media influence voters' decisions, there is no...
The Diffusion of Social Media Among State Governments in Mexico
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, David Valle-Cruz, Andrea L. Kavanaugh. © 2018. 19 pages.
Most of the research about how state governments use social media focuses on services, comparative perspectives or assessment of e-governments. The authors' focus is on the...
Boosting E-Participation: The Use of Social Media in Municipalities in the State of Mexico
David Valle-Cruz, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan. © 2018. 23 pages.
In this chapter, the authors show two case studies of the use of social media in municipal governments: Lerma, a small municipality with a significant growth, and Metepec, an...
Open Justice in Latin America?: An Assessment Framework for Judiciary Portals in 2015
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán. © 2017. 21 pages.
The new trend of information technology and communications has been adopted by court systems. A similar path follows other powers in the republics: executive branches with...
Political Messaging in Digital Spaces: The Case of Twitter in Mexico's Presidential Campaign
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan. © 2017. 19 pages.
Political messaging is adapting to new digital spaces. However, the power of citizens through the use of this digital spaces is still unknown. Many citizens criticize political...
The Case of the Mexican Mobile Government: Measurement and Examples
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, Yaneileth Rojas Romero. © 2015. 27 pages.
The mobile government has become a reality in a large majority of countries around the world. However, the use of mobile apps (small software programs for use on mobile devices)...
Social Media in State Governments: Preliminary Results About the Use of Facebook and Twitter in Mexico
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia. © 2013. 19 pages.
More than other information technology, social media has the potential to improve communication, participation, and collaboration between governments and citizens. The widespread...
Characterizing Legislative Websites: The Case of the State of Mexico
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia. © 2012. 17 pages.
The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is increasing in legislative bodies around the world. The use of computers, cellular phones, and email by elected...
Virtual Assistants for E-Government Interaction
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán, Mario Arturo GutiérrezAlonso. © 2009. 12 pages.
The objective of this chapter is to provide an example of a user-friendly interface for knowledge management and information retrieval, through the use of virtual assistants in...
Limitations of Evolutionary Approaches to E-Government
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia. © 2008. 9 pages.
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to improve the quality of the overall citizen experience when interacting with government, including...
International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)
Nripendra P. Rana. Est. 2005.
The International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary, international journal that publishes high-quality, original research...