Today's session

Today we're going to look at how blogs affect the news agenda. We'll look at some celebrated instances from recent history when bloggers have had a direct effect on big stories and new media organisations. We'll also look at how news media organisations use blogs and try to think about ways they might use them better.

There will also be time to work on your assessment blogs. I'm going to hand out some general notes about what we've covered on the unit that may help you when it comes to developing your blog. I'll also try to talk to all of you individually about how the blog is going.