http://www.thedailytexanblogs.com/election Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:58:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everyone heard the cacophony of exultation attributed to new media's impact on this election. Well, here is that very phenomena exemplified via Tweets. The journalism school's Writing for Online Publication class takes on the election (Thanks to incredibly awesome assignment by the class's leader, Seth Lewis.) Keep checking in to see how this ... http://www.thedailytexanblogs.com/election/?p=39 http://www.thedailytexanblogs.com/election/?p=40 Tune in tomorrow to the Daily Texan election blog for live Twitter updates from a UT journalism class. http://www.thedailytexanblogs.com/election/?p=35 29 major newspapers in the United States switched party endorsement from Republican to Democrat (Bush in 2004 to Obama in 2008). 4 major newspapers in the United States switched party endorsement from Democrat to Republican (Kerry in 2004 to McCain 2008). Infochimps provides us with an interactive map that describes circulation based ... http://www.thedailytexanblogs.com/election/?p=32 Deciding to play Average American for a day, I glanced at the headlines of the Texan this morning and based my opinion of the State of Things strictly on those few words—and the caption underneath the dom art, I admit. They probably misrepresented each story they hyped but that’s ... http://www.thedailytexanblogs.com/election/?p=27 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="561" caption="Google"][/caption] & [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="629" caption="Google"][/caption] Joe & Jane Plumber: The American people. http://www.thedailytexanblogs.com/election/?p=22 A report on CNN yesterday about the election actually woke me up from my political fatigue. At first, it seemed like another generic display of social concern for "racist tension," but then the anchor read a letter from an audience member who was intelligent. The world didn't end. It ... http://www.thedailytexanblogs.com/election/?p=16 Cruising around Dallas this past weekend, some yard decor caught my eye, and it wasn't burnt orange football paraphernalia (I got plenty of that inside the fairgrounds). Instead, I was drawn to the campaign yard signs and bumper stickers on the cars parked in each driveways we drove by. Observations: this is ... http://www.thedailytexanblogs.com/election/?p=3