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quinta-feira, maio 05, 2005
UK general election 2005: Election blogs and forums
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The campaign for the 5 May General Election has witnessed an explosion of blogs as Brits go online to vent their political spleen - from candidates to journalists and political snipers taking pot shots at party political spin.
Stephen Coleman of the Oxford Internet Institute said: "I think this is probably the most interesting phenomenon of this election."
"This is a low level form of entry into politics," he said. "The key thing about blogs is that they are grass roots and somewhat subterranean.
"The party websites are extremely technocratic and centralised. The blogs are more what people were hoping would come out of the internet."
The main topics are those that have dominated what has universally been dubbed a dull campaign - immigration, education, the economy, crime, taxation, the Iraq invasion and, above all, whether any politicians can be trusted.
All the parties come in for criticism, from Tony Blair's Labour Party and the opposition Conservatives to the anti-war Liberal Democrats.
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Election '05: Blogs slice through spin
UK general election 2005: Election blogs and forums
The campaign for the 5 May General Election has witnessed an explosion of blogs as Brits go online to vent their political spleen - from candidates to journalists and political snipers taking pot shots at party political spin.
Stephen Coleman of the Oxford Internet Institute said: "I think this is probably the most interesting phenomenon of this election."
"This is a low level form of entry into politics," he said. "The key thing about blogs is that they are grass roots and somewhat subterranean.
"The party websites are extremely technocratic and centralised. The blogs are more what people were hoping would come out of the internet."
The main topics are those that have dominated what has universally been dubbed a dull campaign - immigration, education, the economy, crime, taxation, the Iraq invasion and, above all, whether any politicians can be trusted.
All the parties come in for criticism, from Tony Blair's Labour Party and the opposition Conservatives to the anti-war Liberal Democrats.
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Election '05: Blogs slice through spin
UK general election 2005: Election blogs and forums
posted by CMT, 9:47 da manhã
