21st century soapboxes? MPs and their blogs
Information PolityPublished 24 April 2008
Mary Francoli, Stephen J. A. Ward
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Diverging patterns of adoption were found: the number of blogs have increased in the UK but withered in Canada, where party discipline has been heavily imposed, illustrating the impact the wider systemic environment can have on the adoption of new technologies.
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This article examines and compares the growth and prevalence of MPs' blogging in the UK and Canada. We explore the scope and objectives of such blogs, assess their democratic significance and analyse the institutional and systemic features that help
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