July 19, 2004

Hansard report on political blogging

Posted by Chris

The Hansard Society have produced a report on political blogging

Political Blogs – Craze or Convention? [pdf] reports on the relatively new phenomena of political blogging and examines whether these blogs can offer an alternative to traditional channels of political communication in the UK . The research study focuses on eight political blogs as representative examples of how individuals and organisations are harnessing blogging as a tool to promote political engagement. The research monitored activity on these blogs and, in addition, a blogging “jury” of members of the public with little or no experience of blogging scrutinised the blogs to assess their relevance as channels of political thought and debate.

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Posted on July 19, 2004 03:58 PM UTC
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→ Hansard study of political blogging.
Excerpt: It just shows how ill-developed the UK political weblogging scene seems to be however - and it focuses on how interesting the general public finds them (not very) instead of how useful they are to inter-policy wonk discussion.Read more at Blog.org

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