Welcome to Campaign U's Facebook page!

Campaign U is an initiative of Fox 5 and American University that will help frame the important issues of the 2008 presidential election.

Twenty students engage in analysis of the candidates and campaigns in written presentations and a weekly live webcast. Our hope is through our research and analysis you will get a better understanding of the proposals of the candidates.

Each week we will examine issues from such aspects as campaign ads and speeches, internet sites and blogs, polls, TV,newspaper and magazine coverage, outrage and humor and interest groups.

Watch the live webcast of the class discussion on the campaign every Thursday from 10am to 12:30.

Expert Areas the Students will Examine During the Semester:
-Campaign Ads (campaign ads, party ads, independent group ads, web ads, radio ads)
-Campaign Speeches (presidential and vice presidential candidates as well as surrogates)
-Internet Sites and Blogs (any campaign, party, or partisan site for or against a candidate)
-Polls (analysis of any and all national and statewide polls particularly in battleground states)
-TV News Coverage (cable, network and PBS shows)
-Outrage and Humor (talk radio and all late-night political comedy)
-Newspapers (news coverage, columns and editorials from the major dailies and papers in key battleground states)
-Magazines (newsweeklies, political and partisan magazines, internet magazines Slate and Salon)
-Issue Check (what the candidates are saying about issues, how they’re framing issues to their advantage, whether they’re distorting the other side’s position, whether they’re telling the truth)
-Constituencies and Interest Groups (minorities, seniors, religious conservatives, unions, environmentalists, gun owners, women, etc. – how the campaigns are playing to them, and what interest groups representing these constituencies are doing to influence the campaign) (read less)

Welcome to Campaign U's Facebook page!

Campaign U is an initiative of Fox 5 and American University that will help frame the important issues of the 2008 presidential election.

Twenty students engage in analysis of the candidates and campaigns in written presentations and a weekly live webcast. Our hope is through our research and analysis you will get a better understanding of the proposals of the candidates.

Each week we will examine issues from such aspects as campaign ads and speeches,... (read more)