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
"Election 2008: Candidate Web Sites, Propaganda or News?"
- 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
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.
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