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Not all of us are part of the blog revolution | Print |  Email to a friend
By Michael Bennett, MD, Pelican Public Relations   

If you believe even a fraction of media reports at the moment, the magic of the internet has taken over the world. 

Blogging, downloading, file sharing and podcasting, the argument goes, have already radically changed the relationship between consumers and suppliers and between bosses and their workforces.

But hang on, the facts don't bear this out. A recent Harris online survey for The Guardian showed that fewer than one in three of the 2,012 adults polled had ever read a blog - and only one in 12 had ever downloaded a podcast.

On a related note, a survey by Entertainment Media Research for law group Olswang showed that fewer than one in five adults made illegal downloads at least once a month. And fewer than one in three downloaded legitimately at least once a month.

There is a risk that we will too easily forget those who rely on flickering cathode ray tubes and little black marks on dead trees.Something to add? Then leave a comment below or email us now.


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 1 By Rob Artisan website, on 30-03-2007 15:10
Michael, 
 
Don't you believe it. 
 
Rob
 2 By elaine prescott, on 30-03-2007 15:46
Is he still as grumpy? Seriously so agree content is king. Great charity!
 3 By Chris Marritt website, on 31-03-2007 00:30
To say the figures don't bear this out makes one crucial mistake. 
Reader figures are old media measures. When it comes to social media, the identity of the readers/listeners are is key. Your community may only be small, but if it includes all the decision makers in your target market, it's easily as large as it needs to be. 
You don't need to be the most popular media outlet around to be the most influential, to change relationships.
 4 By Paul, on 31-03-2007 15:15
Having read some of the PR blogs on here I'm not sure I ever want to open a blog again....lord save us from verbose PR people given a media outlet they don't have to fight for space in. You see that that little link under each post on your online w*nk that says '0 Comments'? That's coz no-one cares that is
 5 By Gilea Bastow, on 24-04-2007 05:37
Blogs are diaries and in my diary i say this website is for arseholes.....get the fucking picture smart arse?....(an example of what you possibly could say when some arsehole is over analysing something quite basic about the human condition)In a blog you can say what you want !!! Ie you are all cunts!!! Although I am not saying that I am merely expressing an opinion that you might keep to yourself unless you had the freedom of an online diary in which case you would say actually you are all sad, career motivated shallow individuals who think only of themselves to the point of destroying anyone around them who has true talent. May you all rot in hell.
 6 By Giles Bastow, on 24-04-2007 05:47
Blogs have nothing to do with ratings just in case you needed to know. You wanna put a price on everything don't you?
 7 By Vanessa Pattison website, on 08-05-2007 13:46
FYI which may help those foggy about blogs etc and gives more info about figures: at the end of April, Cision UK hosted a webinar which focused on new media and how PR professional are integrating it into their campaigns. (Presenter - Paul Miller, Senior Consultant, Cision). We discussed the use of new media including blogs, podcasting, social networks, and message boards. After an overview describing these communication channels, we presented ways in which PR professionals have successfully (and sometimes unsuccessfully) integrated new media into their campaign plans. If you’d like to view a podcast of the webinar go to http://uk.cision.com/r-esource/podcasts/ where you can click on the title link to view (need sound), and/or download a pdf of the presentation notes. It lasts about an hour, but you can pause! Hope this helps, cheers, V.

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