Coverage of the Election in the Media Resources
Television News Networks
Election Center 2008 (CNN)
- CNN Election Resource Webpage
- MSNBC Election Resource Webpage
- Fox News Election Resource Webpage
Web Resources
- 2nd report from The Project for Excellence in Journalism
- Content analysis of John McCain and Barack Obama's campaign website
- Update of previous study, and expands areas of analysis
- Explores importance of campaign websites in communicating with the electorate
"Election 2008: Candidate Web Sites, Propaganda or News?"
- 1st report from The Project for Excellence in Journalism
- Content analysis of candidate websites
- comprehensive analysis of politics and the media
PolitiFact.com (St. Petersburg Times & CQ)
- more analysis of politics and the media
Stateline.org (Pew Research Center)
- analysis and commentary of politics and the media
- from the Voice of America, the official external radio and television broadcasting service of the United States federal government
The 51st State: The State of Online: The Presidential Campaign 2008 Candidates and News Sources (Information Today. Searcher. 15(10) November/December 2007.
- comparison of candidate websites and online news coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign
Internet Archive "Wayback Machine"
- lets users look at previous versions of candidate's websites to track changes.
Public Radio Election 2008 Widgets
- gives you the code for various Election applications you can embed in websites, blogs, and and desktops.
Library Databases
LexisNexis Academic (via GALILEO@UGA) Requires password
- covers New York Times and the Atlanta Journal Constitution
- gives access to a broad overview of Election related news stories
Factiva (via GALILEO@UGA) Requires password
- covers the Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones publications