Scattergun' or 'rifle' approach to communication
MPs in the blogosphere
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6149017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nigel Jackson (0000-0003-1674-8649, University of Plymouth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 57-69 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Information Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1875-8754 • E-ISSN: 1570-1255 |
| Publisher | IOS Press (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.3233/ip-2008-0138 |
| OpenAlex | W262057562 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 15 |
The existing literature suggests that MPs will use a weblog to promote their activities to constituents in a very similar way to how they use websites. Yet, the discussion of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 suggests that the nature of this debate is evolving. This article, based on a three month content analysis of seven MPs' weblogs, and interviews with four of these blogging MPs, seeks to identify what impact a weblog has on their workload, roles and how they communicate. The findings suggest that contrary to some of the existing literature, MPs do not use a weblog to support existing roles, such as their constituency role. Rather, a weblog appears to have a very narrow and specific role to enhance debate within a separate e-constituency
Archaeology · Blogosphere · Computer security · Political science · Rifle · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Globalization and Cultural Identity · History · Information Society and Technology Trends · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,76 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2018 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |