Social media and gov predictions from Oxford Internet Institute include:
'Government will abandon surveys in favour of social media monitoring and engagement'
'99% of gov.uk petitions fail to get 10,000 signatures. This is the number needed for the petition to be eligible to be debated in House of Commons...So although the internet gives us tools to help mobilise a community around an issue, it doesn't necessarily make it easy.'
Advice from Comms at Cornwall Council about good use of YouTube. Ofcom: YouTube is the UK's most popular social media site and the second largest search engine after Google.
"OurSpace is an Online Social Network powered by European Youth and Youth Organisations to:
Debate, Discuss and Engage on EU topics, National Affairs and Policies.
Influence EU and National policy-makers on issues that concern European Youth.
Connect and network with peers online, on Facebook and on-the-go.
Benefit youth NGOs with a multi-channel and multi-lingual community & tool."