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    Welcome to the web log of Behind the Spin, the magazine for and written by Public Relations students. Behind the Spin was first produced by students from the College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth, but was quickly opened to students, practitioners and academics across the UK. The print magazine is published three times a year, the blog will updated every Monday. Please send articles for consideration to Editor John Hitchins (you can comment any item by clicking Comment at the bottom of each post).

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November 03, 2005

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Andrew Brown

I think I'd entirely agree that blogging had almost no effect on the election earlier this year. And that there are lots of good reasons why many politicians don't want to blog.

Blogs are no good as a short term election tool; you can't develop an audience quickly enough, you don't have time to devote to writing stuff, and any mistakes you make will be amplified by political opponents.

I think blogs can be quite good between elections as a way of talking to an interested audience about the decisions you're involved in and the policies you are pursuing, and that's what I'm trying to do.

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November 20, 2005


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"Blogs are no good as a short term election tool; you can't develop an audience quickly enough, you don't have time to devote to writing stuff, and any mistakes you make will be amplified by political opponents."

It's depend on hard work, what you and what your blog...

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