The study conducted by The Independent, which used a
combination of number of followers, mentions and outgoing links to stories to
come to this result, was performed using The Independent’s new live Twitter
politics feed, Livewire and listed the top 10 most influential Westminster
Twitterers.
Kerry, who has over 1600
followers on Twitter, is also a prolific blogger and was interviewed by the BBC
Politics Show in May about using blogging and social media to communicate with
people over the Internet.
Speaking about her use of
new media she stated that:
“Most of the traditional
ways of communicating with constituents are quite formal, and the flow of
communication is in one direction only. The blog and twitter are good ways of
trying to communicate with a wider audience, who might not otherwise engage
with their MP, and also to try to get across a bit better what my views are on
things, and what I am like as a person.
“Twitter is good because you
don't have to construct lengthy posts about a topic, you just have to say 'busy
doing this' or 'really happy about that', and it gets a dialogue going.”
To follow Kerry on twitter,
visit http://www.twitter.com/KerryMP
The Independent news story