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03.26.07
Better Understanding Of Blogs By European Communicators
By Neville Hobson
Recently, the initial findings of the Euroblog 2007 study were published.
Euroblog 2007 deals with the way blogs and other social software are changing organizational practice. The aim of the study is to understand the spread, implementation and usage of social software and blogs in public relations and communication management in Europe.
In this second study - following on from Euroblog 2006 a year ago - more than 400 communicators from across Europe participated (I was one of them).
Philip Young, one of the lead researchers, believes the study results clearly show that social media is moving into the mainstream for communication practitioners across Europe:
[…] the results suggest that a significant number of practitioners are going beyond the ‘it's new so it must be good' response of EuroBlog 2006 to a more mature and sophisticated understanding of social media which recognises the potential for listening as being at least as important as the opportunity blogs and vlogs offer for shouting out messages in trendy new ways.
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Philip's belief is borne out by this slide from the results
presentation:
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Especially interesting to see the significant upward jumps in positive opinion (those noted in red) from 2006 to 2007.
Euroblog 2007 was coordinated by the European Public Relation Education and Research Association (Euprera).
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About the Author:
Neville Hobson is the author of the popular NevilleHobson.com blog which focuses on business communication and technology.
Neville is currentlly the VP of New Marketing at Crayon. Visit Neville Hobson's blog: NevilleHobson.com.
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