MPs Online: Connecting with Constituents
The Hansard Society has had a lot of coverage from a variety of media outlets for the report MPs Online: Connecting with Constituents, sponsored by Microsoft, including coverage on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, BBC Radio 5 Live and the House Magazine. Below is a selection of articles discussing the report.
MPs 'talking, not hearing online' - BBC News
MPs are 'talking, not hearing online' - Public Service
MPs reluctant to use social networking to engage constituents - Computer Weekly
Up to 40 MPs don't use e-mail - Times Online
MPs fail to get onboard with social media - Brand Republic
Net's not clicked yet with MPs - Janet Street-Porter, The Independent
MPs use web to talk, but don't listen, says Hansard. Are you surprised? - Publictechnology.net
MPs Not Very Good At T'Internet Shocker - Iain Dale
MPs born before 1940 are more inclined to blog, says Hansard Society - Guardian
MP bloggers: transmit but do they receive? - Labourhome
Why isn't my MP on Facebook? - Guardian Comment is Free
Scottish MP blogger online for an Orwell - Times Online
MPs born before 1940 are more inclined to blog, says Hansard Society - Guardian Online
How digitally literate are our politicians? - PeoplePoints
MPs online: the dawn of direct democracy? - Windows Live