Political News Since The Book Was Published
  (listed chronologically)

   Political Ads Target TV, But Not Everyone Is Tuning In (NPR)
   New ad targets GOP candidates over healthcare
  
Twitter to sell political ads
   GOP ad seizes on waning campus Obamamania

  
Paul unveils new campaign ad, first of season to hit Perry
   Huntsman ad from unlikely backer
   Bachmann Campaign Image

   New Study: The Media Stonewalls the "Ron Paul Revolution"
  
Ron Paul Campaign Ad Calls Him 'The One.' Sound Familiar?
   Democratic Web Ad: ‘Good Week for the Tea Party’
  
Perry Releases First Presidential Campaign Ad
  
DNC Jumps on Romney Remark in New Ad
   Dem
ocratic Ad Hits Romney on 'Corporations' Remark
   Physical appearance gives candidates an edge with some voters
   NBC, Facebook Team Up on Republican Debate
   What's Ahead in Political Advertising in 2012?

 
Ron Paul goes on air in Iowa and New Hampshire
   Michele Bachmann Launches TV Spot in Iowa
   Obama's Twitter forum gets thousands of tweets
   Obama to Hold Twitter Town Hall
  Romney campaign launches powerful YouTube ad
   Obama 2012 campaign to go beyond email, text
   Digital Losing Out on Campaign Ad Billions
   Record Campaign Spending Levels Predicted for 2012
   The 2012 Presidential Race Heats Up on Facebook

  
Broadcast TV still key in elections
  Debate season swings into gear for TV, candidates
  
League of Women Voters Ads Take On Senators About Clean Air

   Study: More Money, More Media Coverage Lead to More Negative Political Ads
   
Political Candidates Ignore Social Media at their Peril

   Radio getting a workout in early political air wars

   2012 presidential candidates `friend' social media
   Real-Time Debate Feedback Distorts Democracy
   Obama Announces 2012 Re-Election Bid in Web Video

   The Debate Over Presidential Debates

   Internet Users Turned to Social Networks in Elections, Survey Finds
   House Democrats Launch Ad Blitz Against 19 Republicans
   Republicans now as nimble as Democrats on social media, study finds
 
 Midterm election most negative ever, study says

   Study: 26 pct in US used cell phones for activism
 
 
 Political ad wave helped turn around stations' fortunes
   Positive Trend: Local Broadcast Ads Rise 30%
   Political Media Spending Hits All-Time High

   Fox News top source of voter misinformation, study finds
 
 
 Social media  as political tool in campaigns (study)
  
More than $65 million was spent on anti-Pelosi ads
 
 An Uptick in Negativity: Last Few Weeks Provide Confirmation the 2010 Campaign Most Negative in Recent History
   Where parties look for an audience/ Appealing to a demographic (graphic)
  
2010 election breaks TV ad records
 
 Dems outspent GOP in TV ads in House races
   Positive effects of negative political ads
   Attack ads' go-to guy
   Sick of campaign ad avalanche? Local TV station's aren't

   Politics In The Social Media Age: How Tweet It Is  
 
 TV still the favored medium for political ad spending
   US election ads turn personal — and brutal

 
 Democrats increasingly going negative in midterm campaign ads
   Polls Gone Wild: Political Gripes In The Internet Age

   Political ads surge, broadcasters benefit in 2010
  YouTube Helps Governors Share
 
Spending surges on US Senate, House races
  Groups Push Legal Limits in Advertising

  Politics As Usual: Hottest Races
 
UVU professor studies social media's impact on '08 presidential campaign 
 
Campaign Season Spending Up 75% since 2008, Study Shows 
  The Daily Show Effect: Attracting Younger Voters to Politics
 
China Emerges as a Scapegoat in Campaign Advertisements
  'Citizens United' Ruling Opened Floodgates On Groups' Ad Spending
  Why so many negative ads? They positively work, say political experts
  MoveOn demands probe of foreign contributions to US political ads
  GOP widens social media lead during over summer, study finds
  Political ad spending could boost network coffers by $2.5 billion
 
TV Station Political Revenue Poised for Dramatic Increase
 
National Political Study: Social Networks Supercharge Political Campaigns

  Candidates Voting Yes on Ad Spending
  Campaigns still like TV over Web
  Pols Soft on Web Ads

  Potent tool for 'tea party' political campaigns: the 'attack tweet'
  Truth Often Elusive in Political Ads
 
Interest-Group Spending Drives GOP Lead in Ads
 
In Ad Wars, Democrats Shy From Ties to Own Party
  Issues & Themes In Congressional Ads 
  Political ads surpass 2006 levels as attacks mount
  Study: GOP senators beating Dems on social media
  Study: How Political Advocacy Groups Use Social Media
  Politicians Pony Up for Paid Online-Ad Plans
  Andy Griffith New Health Care Law Ad
  Obama's 'View' Appearance Sets Record Ratings
  Obama appears on 'The View': A bit of TV history
 
Ad frenzy hits TV for fall elections

  How the internet really affected the election
 
Better-looking Politicians Get More Media Coverage
 
Ruling widens the meaning of ‘media’
  Post-Newsweek to Grant Free Airtime to 2010 Candidates
  Study: Politicians’ Appearance Influences Voting Behaviour

  Study: Politicians don't use Twitter effectively
 
Political fundraising tool taps social networks
 
Google Unveils New Tools for Political Campaigns
  Advocacy Groups Lift Ad Spending

  Obama urges Congress to act quickly on campaign finance reform
  Democrats prepare campaign finance bill

  How Obama's Use of Social Media in Campaigning Changed Politics
 
Get Ready for a Tsunami of Political Ads on Facebook and Google
  Internet outpaces campaign disclosure rules
 
Millions being spent on TV to influence health care debate
  Political ads: new weapon in US climate change war?
 
Social media domination: Republicans rule Twitter
  White House tweeting spreads president's message
 
Democrats push quick fixes on campaign finance
  SPIN METER: Pols cool to public-financed campaigns
  Obama is in his element in YouTube Q&A
 
Politics Will Boost TV Broadcast Revenues by $2.1 Billion

 
Sizing Up Stations' Campaign Ad Windfall
 
CBS, other broadcasters will benefit from SCOTUS ruling
 
TV stations expect increase in political ads from court ruling
  Will Corporate Ads Buy 2010 Voters?

  SCOTUS Ruling Will Put Political Ad Spending 'on Steroids'
  US court rejects corporate campaign spending limits
 
Survey: 59% of Americans get political news from TV
  Obama's relationship with the media
  Obamas All Over TV
   Feingold opposes relaxing spending limits on political ads
  Local TV Stations: Projected Winners in Midterm Elections
  Who can run election ads: justices to weigh in
 
Examining the Political Twittersphere

 
Politicians Use Social Media to Bypass the Press Corps
  Report: Political Ad Spend to Increase 11% in 2010
  States weigh campaign rules for the Internet age

  Media Outlets Neglect to Mention: Photo-Op Was Staged

  
Health fight TV ads pass $100 million for the year
  Study:
Media Helped Elect and Continue to Promote Obama
  Media
Coverage of Obama Grows More Negative
  TVB Conference: Political Could Top $1 Billion This Year

  Competing Ads on Health Plan Swamp Airwaves
 
Obama and the health care ad wars
  The Message Is The Message: Obama (NY Magazine)
 
WH Launches Web Site to Battle Health Care 'Rumors'
  Health Care Reform Boosting TV Ad Sales In US
  Networks complain about Obama's prime time news conferences

  Tracking the news one phrase at a time
  Obama tries to manage news, like all presidents
  Academics explain what the YouTube election revealed
 
Obama and networks: a symbiotic relationship
  SCOTUS opens door to possibility of corporate political spending
  Republicans Try Their Hand at Social Media
 
CAPITAL CULTURE: Protecting images of Obama's kids (AP)
  The Obama Show: Stagecraft @ The Press Conference
  Obama and the Media (PBS Newshour segment) download
 
Obama’s Three Screen Presidency
  Study: Obama Drew More TV Coverage Than Bush, Clinton Combined
  Internet became dominant force in 2008 election
 
Obama sets new standard for managing the news
  Obama's TV push jolts presidential tradition
  Personalized Campaigning (Mar/Apr 09  Technology Review)

  --cable has become in many ways the primary medium of political discussion on television now   ahead of broadcast, thanks to an almost singular focus on politics. That is important given the   time the medium now gives over to spin doctors, to opinion hosts and its need for nearly minute-by-minute assessments. (Pew)

  --The press was much more "reactive" and less enterprising in its campaign coverage. In one example, the (Pew State of The News 2009) report cited that in 1992, the Washington Post produced 13 big profiles of candidates while in 2008 it was only three. (source)

  Presidential Politics and The Power of Public Relations (The Strategist/Winter 2009)
  Politicians can use fear to manipulate the public
  52 Million Tuned In to Watch Obama's First Address To Congress
  A record high 35.6% of first-year college students said they discussed politics in 2008,  beating out the previous high of 33.6% in 1968, according to a new survey of 240,580
full-time students at 340 U.S. four-year colleges and universities.


  Nearly 37.8 million Americans watched the inauguration of President Barack Obama, (January 20, 2009) making the event the second most-viewed Presidential inauguration
in terms of traditional TV audience. It trails only Ronald Reagan's performance in 1981, which was watched by 41.8 million. (Source: Nielsen)


  Late-night talk shows played role in 2008 presidential campaign

  An estimated 23 million young Americans under the age of 30 voted in 2008's presidential election, an increase of 3.4 million compared with 2004, according to overall vote count
projections by a study released by Tufts University.