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Parliamentary Affairs Advance Access originally published online on June 20, 2008
Parliamentary Affairs 2008 61(4):642-660; doi:10.1093/pa/gsn021
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Representation in the Blogosphere: MPs and Their New Constituents

Nigel Jackson

Coleman has suggested that weblogs by encouraging conversations, may be creating direct representation. He suggests that weblogs provide elected representatives with ‘listening posts’, and offer individual citizens the opportunity of discussing ideas. Existing research of MP's use of weblogs assumes constituents are their target audience. This research interviewed four blogging MPs, and analysed 7 MP's weblogs over a three-month period. The data suggests that MP's weblogs are attracting a separate e-constituency based on interest. This e-constituency competes with the geographic constituency for the time of the blogging MP.


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