Political Communication Blogs
John Murphy's blog, Oratorical Animal, critiques contemporary public address, political rhetoric, and media coverage of politics. John is Associate Professor of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
No Caption Needed provides critical analysis of photojournalism and documentary photography, and speaks to issues of political communication both broad and narrow. Robert Hariman is Professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University; John Louis Lucaites is Professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University.
Dr. Lisa Burns' Political Communication class at Quinnipiac University is following the campaign in their blog QU's Take on Campaign '08. Students are relating current media examples to their class readings, but welcome comments from anyone interested in media and politics.