Each semester, since Fall of 2006, students of COMM 2320 (Basic Reporting) at East Carolina have put some of their best work for the term in a class web site. Welcome to our site and we welcome any feedback you might have.
COMM 2320 Web Site, Fall 2008 Edition:
For ECU students, school spirit plays an [...]
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By: Jay Ross, Doug Palmer, Jordan Horvath and Shemeh Shirbabadi
Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover
In this year’s 2008 National Elections, two Presidential candidates and two Vice Presidential candidates endured months of mockery and jokes. Some candidates tolerated the media more than others. It became the core interest of the American population and began [...]
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As the economy takes another turn for the worst, American’s turn to the presidential candidates for answers.
After President Bush announced his proposal for the $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, both presidential candidates began seeking answers from top consultants.
According to an article by washingtonpost.com, both John McCain and Barack Obama began [...]
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Click below for PowerPoint:
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Stefanie Wethington
Carlton Purvis
Travis Ostrander
Patrick Jones
Akela Yarn
Videos
1. “The Daily Show’s Influence Over Young America” (See slide 3 video—video is 3:37 minutes long, but you only have to play until 1:09 to get the gist)
2. “Saturday Night Live’s Tina Fey as Sarah Palin” (See slide 12)
3. “Sarah Palin on Saturday Night [...]
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Entertainment media and the 2008 Presidential Election
We decided to do our research on entertainment media’s effect on public opinion for the 2008 presidential election because we expected entertainment media to have a large impact on overall votes. We started by developing a survey to administer to students with these questions: Age/year in [...]
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By: Seth Firquin, Bethany DeGraff, Analicia Robinson & Elizabeth Perle
Click below for power point:
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Our power point provides links to:
“McCain: Fundamentals of Economy Strong” a youtube.com video describing McCain’s initial reaction to the financial crisis.
“Barack Obama on the Economy in Chillicothe, Ohio” a youtube.com video of Obama addressing Ohio about the current financial crisis.
“Buchanan: Obama [...]
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Major news networks are pulling out all the stops in their coverage of the Super Tuesday primary elections and campaign news reports. With more Americans than ever receiving their news from the internet, the competition for readers – and viewers – is fierce.
Every news source except National Public Radio and cable news [...]
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2008 Super Primary Tuesday didn’t have the same outcome for the democrats as the republicans. While Senator John McCain cleared away from his fellow nominees, Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama are still neck-to-neck.
Internet coverage for post Super Primary Tuesday depicted Clinton and Obama’s stand on health care and stimulating the economy.
Clinton [...]
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