Hi Sarah - I've seen a few papers presented at APSA Conference 2004, try searching for 'blog' at http://archive.allacademic.com/publication/apsa_index.php At least three-four papers should will come up (in case they don't I have hard copies). There was a very, very thought provoking round-table as well, with academics and bloggers, though I doubt it can be found online now. A summary is found at http://136.142.121.233/doc/ITP-News-Vol-1-No-1.pdf. Finally, there is a report by the UK Hansard Society, concise but useful. http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/assets/Final_Blog_Report_.pdf I am drafting a short piece about pol blogs in the UK, I'd be interested to see what else you come up with in the end. Can you please post back to the list? Kind regards, Wainer ----------------------- Wainer Lusoli Research Fellow @ ESRI http://www.lusoli.info w.lusoli@salford.ac.uk -----------------------