Online Campaign Communication – Tuesday, September 20th

How are the campaigns and their supporters using websites and social media in this campaign and how does it differ from previous campaigns? What kind of impact is online campaign communication having on the 2016 campaign? Along with referring to the class readings, use examples from the social media accounts and websites of each candidate to support your response. 

Media Campaign Coverage – Tuesday, September 13th

Why does stump campaigning remain an important part of the political process? How would you characterize the media coverage each campaign is generating from their cross-country travels? Refer to at least two of the class textbook readings for this week to support your response to the first question and offer examples of media coverage of both the Clinton and Trump campaigns when answering the second question. 

Political Conventions – Tuesday, September 6th (Blog #1)

Why do the political parties continue to spend millions of dollars on nominating conventions when the candidate has already been decided? Your response should draw on the textbook readings for this week and offer examples from media coverage of both the RNC and DNC.