Mark Thompson is back blogging… sort of
Great to hear this from one of the best Lib Dem bloggers – and hope you manage to strike a good balance between blogging and life/business Mark. … Read the full post »
Blogging
Read my posts about blogging and especially how to use blogging successfully in political campaigning. For more general advice about online campaigning, see my Online Politics posts.
“The blogosphere is not an area that is open to sensible debate” – Labour MP dismisses online petition plans
Labour MP Paul Flynn has poured scorn on the idea of online petitions influencing politicians. … Read the full post »
The perils and pitfalls of allowing, and moderating, online comments
Sky News this week has pulled the plug on its news discussion boards. … Read the full post »
Nadine Dorries has me confused
Exhibit A: “I would also like to state that every word written on my blog is absolutely true.” – Nadine Dorries … Read the full post »
Blog readership on the decline in the UK?
The small decline between 2009 and 2010 is (probably, as different sources vary in their measures and dates) counter-balanced by the increase in the absolute number of people using the internet in the UK. … Read the full post »
Dear Andrew Marr
Dear Andrew Marr, Leaving aside questions of age, health, social skills or hair cover up top, the majority of bloggers in the UK are female. So I suspect your description of bloggers as male says more about you than about the bloggers? But thank you for calling me young! Yours etc.
The male dominance of online British politics
One of the curious of political blogging in the UK is how male dominated it is. Although the Office of National Statistics’s figures show that the majority of bloggers in the UK are female… … Read the full post »
Thank you for your votes for this blog
Thank you to everyone who voted for this blog in the Total Politics blog poll. … Read the full post »
Blogging – what’s in it for political parties?
Compare a newspaper publisher with a book publisher. Newspaper publishers don’t need to let you know when the next edition of their paper comes out. … Read the full post »
Book review: Blog Theory by Jodi Dean
Jodi Dean’s analysis of the economic, political and social impacts of blogging (and social networking more generally) covers broad themes that will be familiar to readers of technology authors. … Read the full post »