Political Communication & Campaigns
See also: Political Advertising Articles and Resources
- Ad Critical Political Site
A
small, hopefully growing collection of political TV ads. A special section
of the larger Ad Critic site devoted to QuickTime versions of recent TV commercials.
More political TV commercials available at
"Freedom Channel"- Advocacy, Political, Trade and Non-Profit Associations
- A sub page of the Kennedy School of Government's Political Information Network. Resources, Guides, Online Activism, The Right, The Left, Foundations, Interest and Advocacy Organizations, Trade Associations, Organizational Networks, Automated E-Mail
- Best Practices in Journalism: bpjtv.org
- A "project designed to encourage improved broadcast coverage of politics at the local level. During the 2000, 2002 and 2004 election cycles, BPJ offered workshops to broadcast journalists and provided small grants to both public and commercial stations. While BPJ completed its work following the 2004 election, many of the resources found on this site may be helpful to stations as they plan their election coverage in 2006 and beyond."
- Blog directories
- eTalkinghead's Political
Blog Directory
Best Blogs Politics & Elections - Washington Post Reader's Choice Awards
UK Poli Blogs
Political Blogs a part of Political Science Resources by Richard Kimber
Political Blog Directory - Campaigns & Elections Magazine
Blog Catalog
Google Blog Search - searches for content inside blogs
Wikipedia entry on political blogs, includes "Notable American political blogs and bloggers" - Center for American Women and Politics
- Rutgers University-based research, education and public service center. The "Get Connected" page contains many links to women in politics and related sites.
- Center for Communication and Civic Engagement
- "…located in the School of Communications at the University of Washington, is dedicated to understanding and facilitating the uses of …dynamic media systems and communication practices to promote citizen engagement and effective participation in local, national, and global affairs."
- Colbert, Stephen - Monolog at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner
- This is a "re-improved" transcript of Stephen Colbert's controversial monolog at the Jay, 2006 White House Press Correspondents Dinner. This satirical performance was largely ignored by the established press, which Colbert criticized along with the president and his government and policies. It gained a large following on the Web where the C-SPAN video was widely reproduced. The Internet buzz forced some news organizations to report it some days later by claiming it wasn't covered because it wasn't funny. Video clips available at Free Viceo Blog -- The entire 1 hour 45 minute dinner video from CSPAN in RealPlayer.
- Commission on Presidential Debates
- Includes historical material beginning with the 1858 Illinois Senate debate between Lincoln and Douglas. The organization, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation, sponsored all the presidential debates in 1988, 1992, and 1996.
- C-SPAN Road to the White House
- Video archives of this weekly program.
- Debate Watch 2004
- DebateWatch is designed to get small groups of people together--in living rooms, community centers, schools, or libraries across the country--to watch the presidential debates and discuss them.
- Federal Election Commission
- A US government site for the commission that administers and enforces the 1975 Federal Election Campaign Act, "the statute that governs the financing of federal elections."
- Fast Times Political Dictionary
- "The purpose of a political dictionary is to acquaint the reader with the terms used by policymakers, journalists, commentators, and analysts, in discussing national and international politics."
- Future of Presidential Debates, The
- Written by Stephen Bates, based on a meeting convened by Clifford M. Sloan. The discussion focused on five questions. How can we assure that the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees will debate each other? Under what circumstances should independent candidates also participate? How should debates be structured? Beyond debates, how can the media help voters become better informed and more attentive? Finally, after the ballots are cast, what can the media and others do to keep voters involved?
- Gallup Polls
- Recent Gallup Poll results and information on the Gallup organization.
- Global Barometer Survey
- "Since the spring of 1991 the CSPP has been involved in more than 100 nationwide sample surveys in post-Communist countries. Each round of surveys asks a common core of questions, a unique source for monitoring trends within nations, and comparisons across nations. All research questions and analyses are undertaken independent of government."
- Google's Politics Directory
- The search engine that tends to return the most relevant number of hits, and now one of the largest provides this directory of political links.
- Iowa Electronic Markets
- The Iowa Electronic Markets are real-money futures markets where contract payoffs depend on economic and political events such as elections. These markets are operated by faculty at the University of Iowa College of Business as part of our research and teaching mission.
- Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the US
- Bartleby.com, a vast library of books and articles in the public domain provides the full text of every inaugural address since George Washington's first.
- Lear Center Local News Archive
- "The Lear Center Local News Archive provides an unprecedented nationwide look at the campaign information Americans receive from local television news through our unique, searchable, online video archive."
- National Election Studies
- The University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research provides a diversified data base that supports basic research on voting, public opinion, and political participation in the United States.
- National Network of State Polls (NNSP)
- "The National Network of State Polls (NNSP) is a confederation of organizations that conduct state-level surveys."
- National Political Index
- This site indexes and links to "3500 political web sites" and "200 political science departments" as well as many other topics.
- New York Times selective guide to political sites
- You will have to register with the NY Times to use this page, but for the moment, registration is free.
- Opensecrets.org
- "The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large."
- Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
- "We are an independent opinion research group, sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts, that studies public attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues. The Center's main purpose is to serve as a forum for ideas on the media and public policy through its research."
- Polling Report
- An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.
- Poliwonks
- National News for the Political Junkie - a blog by Mike Adamick, award winning reporter for various S.F. Bay Area papers. "Adamick updates Poliwonks each morning from his home in San Francisco. Drawing from more than 50 newspapers and news wires, Poliwonks provides a comprehensive review of political stories from the Beltway to the Heartland"
- Political Advertising Articles and Resources
- A collection of articles about political advertising
- Political Communication (journal)
- Tables of Contents only of this journal dating back to 1997. U.Iowa people can access full text here.
- Political Communication Center
- University of Oklahoma Department of Communication.
See especially "Political Advertising Research Reports" and a 20 minute QuickTime video: "The Uses and Abuses of Technology in Political Advertising."
- Political Communication Gateway
- An annotated list of links to online resources from Ohio State Libraries.
- Political Communication Lab - Stanford University
- Articles can be accessed by clicking on the "Research" menu and a few more under "campaigns."
- Political Communication - Working Papers
- A collection of links to political communication papers from Duke, Northwestern and Stanford.
- Political Communication Resources
- W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington's Political Science dept. created these resources: Research Centers, News Media Resources, Civic Participation, Internet and Society, Gov. Information Sites, Survey and Statistical Data, Scholarly Associations.
- Political Humor
- A site devoted to many forms of political humor -- cartoons, satire, etc.
- Political Information.com
- A search engine for politics, policy and political news.
- Political Resources on the Net
- "Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world."
- Politics and Culture
- An international review of books edited by Amitava Kumar and Michael Ryan
- Politics and Technology
- "Exploring how campaigns, candidates, and grassroots advocates are using the net as a communications and organizing tool. Published by Karl Chisholm at Mandate Media."
- Politics Research Group Working Papers
- A section devoted to political communications is included in this batch of full-text research papers from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Politics Research Group "
- Presidential Elections from 1860-1884
- Cartoons from Harper's Weekly, especially by Thomas Nast, and from Vanity Fair, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Puck, and the Library of Congress Collection of American Political Prints: 1766-1876, as well as explanatory text, biographies, overviews, etc., from HarpWeek.
- Project Vote-Smart
- A major starting point for political information and links. Many political figures, including ex-presidents, from both major parties were founding members.
- RaceProject.org
- "There are four primary components to the Project: Historical analysis: How have racial messages been used in political campaigns since television advertisements began in 1952? … Measuring potential effects of campaign ads.… Personal Interviews [with] political consultants and candidates who have been involved … in contests in which at least one candidate was (or is) a racial minority … [and] analysis of contemporary issues.…"
- Research Papers
- Full texts, in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format from Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard. Many papers deal with political communication topics.
- Research and Publications
- Full text provided by Stanford University's Political Communication Lab.
- Rock the Vote
- You will need a graphical browser to get in
- Roper Center
- "Located at the University of Connecticut, the Roper Center is the largest library of public opinion data in the world. The Center's mission focuses on data preservation and access, education and research."
- SpeakOut.com
- This Web site promotes active participation and provides multiple opportunities to speakout. The site also presents news and information to prime your pump. "You'll find things on our site that are critical and laudatory of all political persuasions." In addition, SpeakOut.com provides "technical tools at no charge to both parties to create systems to manage the online presentation of their party platforms" (NYTimes).
- University of Oklahoma Political Communication Center
- "The University of Oklahoma Political Communication Center in the Department of Communication is recognized nationally and internationally as a major resource for political research; additionally, it is committed to contributing to the analysis of political communication, and to the historical preservation of our political discourse." They house the Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive.
- Vanderbilt Television News Archive
- The largest news archive rents videos. Abstracts of news available online.
- Vote Smart Web
- Background and current information designed primarily for voters. Carefully researched and compiled. Information on state and federal issues, candidates and parties.
- Web White and Blue
- Online Presidential Debate Archive
- WhiteHouse 2000 (the presidential campaign)
- Compiled and maintained at N. Ill. Univ. by Prof. Avi Bass, this page will take you to the major WWW sites relevant to the 200 Presidential campaign.
Communication Studies Resources is compiled and maintained by Karla-Tonella@uiowa.edu
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January 5, 2007