New Media Awards 2007
Social networking meets politics
The last year has seen the mainstreaming of the web in politics, particularly in the use of social networking and user-generated content. There are concerns in using such services, as Bill Thompson explains on page 10 but, if evidence were needed that politicians are at least now familiar with this area, you need look no further than this year’s New Media Awards nominees and finalists.
Articles from the New Media Awards 2007 supplement
Foreword - Social networking meets politics
The last year has seen the mainstreaming of the web in politics.
Becky Hogge - Web with a conscience
The growth in social media tools has meant a boon for the third sector
Bill Thompson - I fear my social networks will be data mined
Concerned about online public services in a web 2.0 world
Martin Bright - 2007: the year that the blog grew up
And the political world lost its fear of new media
Mike Butcher - The ones that didn't make the cut...
Mike Butcher looks at some interesting entries
