Online Newspapers: Elections 2008

After its first decade of existence, online newspapers are moving beyond the realm of 'shovelware' to produce news marked by increased interactivity, content richness and user control (Spyridou and Veglis, 2008). The electoral process has its own segment in online newspapers. Comparative analysis of their multimedia coverage will help us understand uses of new media tools. We will start following three daily newspapers: Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Washington Post.

The importance of MAPS

Los Angeles Times has created an electoral vote calculator. You can embed this map by copying a code.

The New York Times has created The Electoral Map: Key States. It allows you to check the general tendencies in each state and create your own map:
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The Washington Post published a Political Landscape 2008. By clicking on this map you can check not only current information on the polls but also data based on each State, for example, California.