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Media Coverage of Presidential Elections:
The Legacy of Campaign 2000


PART I: GEORGE, THE ONLINE CATALOG
PART II: INDEXES AND DATABASES
PART III: INTERNET RESOURCES
PART IV: RELATED PUBLICATIONS BY PROFESSOR DIANA OWEN
PART V: NEW REPORTS ON ELECTIONS


PART I: GEORGE, THE ONLINE CATALOG


keyword search>>>United States presidential elections

Kerbel, Matthew. Edited for Television: CNN, ABC, and American Presidential Elections. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998. (E884.K47 1998)

New York Times Company. 36 Days: The Complete Chronicle of the 2000 Presidential Election Crisis. New York: Times Books, 2001.(JK526 2000.T43 2001)

United States. Office of the Federal Register. Provisions of the Constitution and United States Code Relating to Presidential Elections. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000. (AE2.102:P92/2000)

keyword search>>>media and elections

Dautrich, Kenneth. How the News Media Fails American Voters: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. (PN4888.P6D367 1999)

subject search>>>mass media-political aspects-United States

Graber, Doris A., ed. Media Power in Politics. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2000. (HN90.M3 M43 2000)

Iyenger, Shanto and Richard Reeves, eds. Do the Media Govern?: Politicians, Voters, and Reporters in America. Thousand Oaks,CA: Sage Publications, 1997. (P95.82.U6 D64 1997)

Johnson, Thomas J., Carol E. Hays, and Scott P. Hays, eds. Engaging the Public: How Government and the Media Can Reinvigorate American Democracy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. (JK1764.E54 1998)

subject search>>>presidents-United States-election-2000

Greenfield, Jeff. "Oh Waiter! One Order of Crow!": Inside the Strangest Presidential Election Finish in American History. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. (JK 526 2000h)

author search>>>United States. Federal Election Commission.

United States. Federal Election Commission. Alternative Dispute Resolution Program. Washington: Federal Election Commission, 2000. (Y3.EL2/3:2R31)

United States. Federal Election Commission. Federal Elections 2000. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001. (Y3.EL2/3:16/2000)


PART II: INDEXES AND DATABASES


1) Congressional Universe

search subject terms>>>elections and media

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Election Night Coverage by the Networks. Hearing, Feb. 14, 2001. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001. (Y4.C73/7:S.Hrg. 107-25) (CIS No. 2001-H361-24)

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Media Election Projections. Hearing, Aug. 2, 1984. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984. (CIS No. 85-S261-7)

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Early Projections of Election Results. Report. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984. (contained in Y1.1/2:SERIAL 13562 (S.Rpt.98-600))


2) PolicyFile

search>>>campaign 2000 and media

Basham, Patrick, Tom G. Palmer, and John Samples. "Lessons of Election 2000" from The Cato Institute's Website, Jan 2, 2001.

Solomon, Norman. "Arrogance of TV Networks: Compunding a National Crisis" from the Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's Web Site, Nov 9, 2000.

Wattenberg, Ben J. "Punish TV for Hasty Vote Projections" from American Enterprise Institute's Website, Nov 17, 2000.

3) Periodical Abstracts Research II (PA Research II)

search>>>presidential elections and media

Hagemann, Emily. "Media to Clean Up Election Coverage Without Lawmakers." News Media and the Law. 25:2 (Spring 2001).

Heinen, Neil. "Television Was Center Stage Throughout." The Masthead. 53:1 (Spring 2001).

Wardle, Claire, Kate Kenski, Dan Orr, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. "The Voter News Service and the 2000 Election Night Calls." The American Behavioral Scientist. 44:12 (Aug. 2001).

4) Academic Universe

search transcripts>>>election night and CBS

CBS News Transcripts (Dan Rather and Mike Wallace, reporting). CBS News Election Night. (7 November 2000).


PART III: INTERNET RESOURCES


National Journal Group's Policy Central
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/policycentral>

Incorporates content and resources from all branches of National Journal Group Inc., including CongressDaily and House race hotline. Also features Hotline weekly, polling results, campaign and issue ads, the online Almanac of American Politics, "buzz" columns and top stories from the weekly National Journal.

CBS News Coverage of Election Night 2000: Investigation, Analysis, Recommendations
<http://cbsnews.com/htdocs/c2k/pdf/REPFINAL.pdf>

Prepared for CBS News by Linda Mason, Kathleen Frankovic, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson.

Television's Performance on Election Night 2000: A Report for CNN
<http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/02/02
/cnn.report/cnn.pdf>

Prepared for CNN by Joan Konner, James Risser, and Ben Wattenberg.

The National Commission on Federal Election Reform
<http://www.reformelections.org>

A commission headed by two former U.S. Presidents to recommend ways to improve the accuracy and fairness of federal elections. It includes the commission's final report.

Election Center
<http://www.electioncenter.org>

The Election Center is a non-profit organization. Its mission is to promote, preserve, and improve democracy


PART IV: RELATED PUBLICATIONS BY PROFESSOR DIANA OWEN


Owen, Diana. Media Messages in American Presidential Elections. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. (JK524.O94 1991)

Owen, Diana and Richard Davis. New Media and American Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. (P95.82.U6D38 1998)

Owen, Diana. "Media Mayhem: The Performance of the Press in Election 2000," in Overtime! The Election 2000 Thriller. Larry J. Sabato, ed. New York: Longman Publishers, 2001.
(JK526 2000.S26 2002)


PART V: NEW REPORTS ON ELECTIONS


The United States General Accounting Office
<http://www.gao.gov>

United States. General Accounting Office. Elections: A Framework for Evaluating Reform Proposals. Washington: General Accounting Office, 2001. (GAO-02-90)

United States. General Accounting Office. Elections: Perspectives on Activities and Challenges Across the Nation. Washington: General Accounting Office, 2001. (GAO-02-3)

United States. General Accounting Office. Elections: Status and Use of Federal Voting System Standards. Washington: General Accounting Office, 2001. (GAO-02-52)

United States. General Accounting Office. Elections: Statistical Analysis of Factors That Affected Uncounted Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election. Washington: General Accounting Office, 2001. (GAO-02-122)

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