I was contacted by Faye Saville, a student at my former place of education, University of Central Lancashire, asking if I would give a plug to a piece of research she is conducting into the use of the internet to communicate in crisis situations- particularly the way that the whole Baby P thing unfolded.

If you are a blogger, or accessed information about the Baby P situation, and can spare a few minutes to fill in her questionnaire, then your help would be appreciated.

Here are the details…

My name is Faye Saville and I am in my final year studying for a BA (Hons) Public Relations Sandwich Degree at the University of Central Lancashire. I am currently conducting a piece of academic research for my dissertation. My research is focused around the area of crisis communication and online public relations.

This study aims to discover how and why various Internet methods (e.g. blogs and social networking sites etc) are used by individuals to communicate with online during a crisis. My research specifically focuses on the crisis and case of Baby P. Therefore, this study requests to hear from individuals who have an interest (professional or otherwise) in the social work/social services and welfare sector and the case of Baby P.

If you have accessed the Baby P case online and have followed the case I would very much appreciate if you could fill in this questionnaire and return it to myself. The questionnaire also aims to discover how and why individuals who have an interest in the social work/social services and welfare sector have found using the Internet in the Baby P crisis useful.

The questionnaire should take approximately 15 minutes to complete and your responses will be a very valuable contribution to my research.

All questionnaires filled in and returned to my email: QuestionnaireResults@live.com will remain completely confidential and anonymous. If you wish to share your comments with other bloggers, please send your responses to: http://fayesaville.wordpress.com/contact/

If you have any questions please do contact me.

Kind regards,

Faye Saville.