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Campaign Website Content. Seth Maheu. 3-Tiered Analysis. Tier 1 News Biography Contact Information Online Donations Volunteer Forms Tier 2 Multimedia Blogs RSS Downloads Tier 3 En Español Fundraising Campaigns Team Tools House Parties Podcasts. Presentation.
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Campaign Website Content Seth Maheu
3-Tiered Analysis • Tier 1 • News • Biography • Contact Information • Online Donations • Volunteer Forms • Tier 2 • Multimedia • Blogs • RSS • Downloads • Tier 3 • En Español • Fundraising Campaigns • Team Tools • House Parties • Podcasts
Presentation • Building a sense of community through making users feel they are part of a larger project • National/Insider • Local/Outsider • Neutral
Benefits • Issue Promotion • Campaign Donations • Bush: 5% ($14 mil) • Kerry: 33% ($89 mil) • Team Tools • Blog/RSS
Knowing the Facts • Obama’s “Know the Facts” • McCain’s “Debate Central: Debate Facts”
References • Benoit, W. J., & Benoit, P. J. (2000). The virtual campaign: Presidential primary websites in campaign 2000: American Communication Journal, 3, http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol3/Iss3/curtain.html#4 • Gulati, G. J. (2004). Members of congress and the presentation of self on the World Wide Web. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 9, 22-40. • Postelnicu, M., martin, J. D., & Landreville, K. D. (2006). The role of campaign web sites in promoting candidates and attracting campaign resources. In A. P. Williams and J. C. Tedesco. The Internet election: Perspectives on the web in campaign 2004 (pp. 99-110). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing. • Trammell, K. D., Williams, A. P., Postelnicu, M., & Landreville, K. D. (2006). Evolution of online campaigning: Increasing interactivity in candidate web sites and blogs through text and technical features. Mass Communication & Society, 9, 21-44.