Content Analysis of Election Weblogs

Your Name:  _____________________________________

Instructions
  1. This assignment is only for students who did not complete the interviewing assignment.  If you completed five interviews, you do not need to do this assignment.
  2. Go to the Globe of Weblogs Election Page.  It currently includes 18 pages of WEBLOGS.  Click on the page corresponding to your birthday if it is a number between 1 and 18.  If you were born later in the month, subtract 18 from your birthday to select a page.
  3. Start at the top of the page and begin reading the WEBLOGS.  If one of them does not work for technical reasons or is inappropriate for lack of election content, just go on to the next.
  4. Save this file on a disk or your hard drive, then open it in an editor such as Mozilla composer, Microsoft Word or Word Perfect.  Then type your answers to the questions on this form.  You can keep the form open in one window in your editor and the Weblog open in another in your browser.
  5. Each Weblog you analyze counts as one interview.  If you did no interviews, do five WEBLOGS.  If you did some interviews, do enough to complete your quota of five.
  6. Print out your typed answers and bring them to class by class time on November 1.
First Weblog
  1. URL of the Weblog (web address in the top of your browser):
  2. Name or Title of the Weblog
  3. Could this be characterized as:   __ left of center  ___ right of center
  4. Is this Weblog ___ pro Bush  ____pro Kerry ___pro Nader  ___something else (explain)
  5. Write a one paragraph (100 to 250 Words) description of the WEBLOG.  What kinds of topics are discussed?  What is the point of view of the author(s). 
  6. Paste in one sentence or paragraph that is illustrative of the material on the WEBLOG:

Second Weblog
  1. URL of the Weblog (web address in the top of your browser):
  2. Name or Title of the Weblog
  3. Could this be characterized as:   __ left of center  ___ right of center
  4. Is this Weblog ___ pro Bush  ____pro Kerry ___pro Nader  ___something else (explain)
  5. Write a one paragraph (100 to 250 Words) description of the WEBLOG.  What kinds of topics are discussed?  What is the point of view of the author(s). 
  6. Paste in one sentence or paragraph that is illustrative of the material on the WEBLOG:

Third Weblog
  1. URL of the Weblog (web address in the top of your browser):
  2. Name or Title of the Weblog
  3. Could this be characterized as:   __ left of center  ___ right of center
  4. Is this Weblog ___ pro Bush  ____pro Kerry ___pro Nader  ___something else (explain)
  5. Write a one paragraph (100 to 250 Words) description of the WEBLOG.  What kinds of topics are discussed?  What is the point of view of the author(s). 
  6. Paste in one sentence or paragraph that is illustrative of the material on the WEBLOG:

Fourth Weblog  .
  1. URL of the Weblog (web address in the top of your browser):
  2. Name or Title of the Weblog
  3. Could this be characterized as:   __ left of center  ___ right of center
  4. Is this Weblog ___ pro Bush  ____pro Kerry ___pro Nader  ___something else (explain)
  5. Write a one paragraph (100 to 250 Words) description of the WEBLOG.  What kinds of topics are discussed?  What is the point of view of the author(s). 
  6. Paste in one sentence or paragraph that is illustrative of the material on the WEBLOG:

Fifth Weblog
  1. URL of the Weblog (web address in the top of your browser):
  2. Name or Title of the Weblog
  3. Could this be characterized as:   __ left of center  ___ right of center
  4. Is this Weblog ___ pro Bush  ____pro Kerry ___pro Nader  ___something else (explain)
  5. Write a one paragraph (100 to 250 Words) description of the WEBLOG.  What kinds of topics are discussed?  What is the point of view of the author(s). 
  6. Paste in one sentence or paragraph that is illustrative of the material on the WEBLOG:
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