Can UK political bloggers influence the MSM?
I posted a few months back about the completion of a research project for my CIPR Diploma which investigated the ability of political bloggers in the UK to affect the MSM agenda of broadsheet newspapers.
I promised that once I had the final result I'd post up a version to share. Well, I'm pleased to say that the research project was awarded a distinction and so for your enlightenment here's a pdf version of New media democracy or pain in the RSS? An examination of political bloggers and media agenda setting
in the UK. [Download simoncollisterdiplomaresearchproject2008.pdf (383.8K)]
I'll also be presenting an updated version of the paper at Politics & Web 2.0: an international conference in April if anyone's interested.
Technorati tags: political blogging, research, CIPR
I am keen to read this Simon but the link to the pdf doesn't work for me. Good luck at the conference.
Posted by: Philip | March 30, 2008 at 02:53 PM
Cheers Philip. Link should be working now.
Posted by: Simon Collister | March 30, 2008 at 09:54 PM
Congratulations Simon, that's a fantastic result. I didn't write up the conclusions of my project on MPs and political blogging and two-way communication. I should really as it was so interesting.
Posted by: Ellee | March 31, 2008 at 08:03 PM
Hi Simon,
congratulations on the distinction - I shall download and read with interest
cheers
sw
Posted by: simon wakeman | March 31, 2008 at 10:08 PM