Hi, I am a research associate with the Infoscape Lab (http://www.infoscapelab.ca). We have been studying Canadian political blogs for the past two years as part of a few different projects. We had coded posts for tone, issue, and source of discussion. We'd be happy to help you off-list with any questions about project design or methods. We have published some of our findings here: Election bloggers: Methods for determining political influence by Greg Elmer, Peter Malachy Ryan, Zach Devereaux, Ganaele Langlois, Joanna Redden, and Fenwick McKelvey First Monday, volume 12, number 4 (April 2007), URL: http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_4/elmer/index.html Our website also contains weekly research reports with our blog research findings: Canadian Federal Politics 2008 http://www.infoscapelab.ca/taxonomy/term/32 Our most recent research determines the most popular links in the blogosphere Liberal Leadership Race http://www.infoscapelab.ca/gritrace Our project coded blog posts for opinion toward leader and also compared blog posts to the news media. Hope this information is helpful and I look forward to talking to you soon. Sincerely, Fenwick McKelvey -- Fenwick McKelvey M.A. Candidate in Communication and Culture Ryerson / York Universities Lead Research Associate Infoscape Research Lab http://www.infoscapelab.ca Research Associate VideoCom Research Initiative http://videocom.knet.ca