Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns

Unit 9

Targeting the Spin

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2000

2000 Election Handout

2000 Document #1a

Republican Convention Brooks & Dunn Music
- Teacher's Guide
- Video Clip
2000 Document #1b

Democratic Convention Mickey Hart Music
- Video Clip
2000 Document #2a

Republican Convention Bush Biographical Film
- Teacher's Guide
- Video Clip
2000 Document #2b

Democratic Convention Gore Biographical Film
- Video Clip
2000 Document #4a

Bush "Dangerous World" TV Commercial
- Teacher's Guide
- Video Clip
2000 Document #4b

Gore "Happy Thanksgiving" TV Commercial
- Video Clip
2000 Document #4c

Nader "Priceless" TV Commercial
- Video Clip
2000 Document #7

Newsweek Gore with African American Women; Bush with Oprah
- Teacher's Guide
2000 Document #10

Gore-Bush 1st Debate
- Teacher's Guide
- Video Clip
2000 Document #11

Saturday Night Live Debate Skit
- Teacher's Guide
- Video Clip
2000 Document #12

Gore and Bush Intro to Saturday Night Live
- Teacher's Guide
- Video Clip
2000 Document #13

Newsweek Cover, "The Winner Is…"
- Teacher's Guide

2004

2004 Election Handout

2004 Document #1

Spin/Counter-Spin: Speeches, Articles, Ads & Web Sites
2004 Document #2a

Howard Dean Iowa Speech
- Teacher's Guide
- Video Clip
2004 Document #2b

Excerpt from Howard Dean Iowa Speech (Audio Only)
- Video Clip
2004 Document #3

MoveOn.org "Child's Pay" TV Commercial
- Teacher's Guide
- Video Clip
2004 Document #4

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth TV Commercial
- Teacher's Guide
- Video Clip
2004 Document #5

Photo Ops and Counter Ops
- Teacher's Guide
2004 Document #6

"Doonesbury" and "Boondocks" Commic Strips
- Teacher's Guide
- Student Handout
2004 Document #7a

Kerry "Graduation" TV Commercial
2004 Document #7b

Bush "Mi Familia" TV Commercial
- Video Clip
2004 Document #8

Bush and Kerry Web Sites