I am a masters degree student of journalism at the London College of Communication (http://www.lcc.arts.ac.uk/) and I'm writing a dissertation on internet consent and I'm using Rathergate as a case study . . . yes Rathergate.

I would like to ask a favour of all Freepers -- a favour which I plan to ask of all the primary web sites involved in the whole Rathergate saga.

I am looking for people who were involved in the blogswarm: from Buckhead himself to all the many 'foot-soldiers' whose collective cyber-opinions triggered what I think is one of the epochal moments in the blogosphere's short history.

I would like you to visit this URL:

http://www.futuremediastars.com/rathergate

You'll find more information on my project at this URL.


I wish to stress that I am a full-time student and am not employed by anyone let alone a large media organisation. This is a non-partisan, purely academic exercise -- one which to my knowledge has not yet been carried out by any student at any media school. I will respect the anonymity of any respondent who agrees to let me contact them.

I hope I can count on your help,
Yours sincerely,
Paul Coletti

WEB: www.coletti.co.uk
PHONE: +447770820056
EMAIL: paul@coletti.co.uk
SKYPE: Paul Coletti

ps - yes, Paul Coletti is my _REAL_ name.