Some links for you:

• My paper to ECREA conference – further reading – theplan – Noted, useful list of Social Media or related academic papers
• National Police Web Managers Group: Communication Teams and the Public – "Having taken part in a session entitled 'Press Office vs Bloggers' at the recent #HyperWM event at Walsall College, and the 'Tweets' since the event, I have decided to write this blog to capture the issues and what can be learnt."
• Channel 4 axes 4iP | Media | guardian.co.uk – In the comments are some from people I know generally supporting 4iP. The article is interesting though, suggests that like many ideas, this one was suffered because it was too closely associated with a previous management regime, plus Channel 4's online remit now seems to be purely about increasing TV viewers.