[Air-l] REPORTER'S REQUEST: email community action

[david silver]

please contact matt falloon if interested ...

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my name is matt falloon. i am a trainee journalist at city university,
london, uk, currently researching the growth, background and
characteristics of email community action groups.

i recently came across a group in london who are of mixed demography and
who have joined together in an email list to lobby local government on
issues of planning and licensing as well as environmental issues and other
things of community concern. although they meet up occasionally, most of
the action is done by collective email.

i wonder if you could point me to someone, or perhaps yourself, who could
answer a couple of questions for an article i am trying to put together.

1) how common is this activity now? when did they really take off? 2) why
do they work so well? 3) does the internet represent the forum for future
mass political action? 4) is the internet allowing people to get into
politics and voice their opinions once again and perhaps in a more
proactive way then before?

i hope you can help me,

look forward to hearing from you,

matt falloon.