Governor Race Info. and my Rating

SOURCE        SUBSTANTIVE COVERAGE                        HYPE                   HUMOR                    WIKIPEDIA                                       7                                0                               0                WASHINGTON POST                                      9                               3                                 0         Megwhitman.com                                       8                              4                                 0                  Jerrybrown.org                                       8                              5                              0                          YouTube                                       6                                 3                                 9

1.) GOOGLE SEARCH WIKIPEDIA: I found it very simple and easy to read and understand. It gave very basic information to get the major concept of what the Governor Race was and when it is held, who the candidates running were, and brief standings. It also gave minor detail about the candidates and their backgrounds; it had their names as link to send you to a wikipedia  page about the person themselves.

2.) WASHINGTON POST: This website portrayed direct stories from the running of the candidates. It gave their information through headline stories that grasped people's attention to read the articles. The information given is for the most part true facts about what the candidates are doing in order to win the people. There is some hype portrayed such as "horse race" - the standings of the candidates - and "hoopla" - photos of activities they are attending.

3.) MEG 2010: Meg Whitman's official website does give substantive coverage on who she is, what she represents and is fighting towards, events she does, and how to stay connected with her. It was a well organized web page and made attractive and simple for the people. But of course it is biased towards view her own interests in this running. There was hype portrayed through her strategies of change, videos, handshaking, crowds, and many more images.

4.) JERRY BROWN: Jerry Brown's official website gave substantive coverage on his view points and what he is representing in this race. He also gave a way to stay in contact with him through facebook, gmail, and yahoomail. Hype was portrayed through a commercial he recently made and through various article with photographs of activities he is attending to reach out to the people/crowd.

5.) YOUTUBE: Although it is composed of many video clips, youtube gave many short clips of personal interviews from the candidates which gave substantive information on their viewpoints and what they represent. It gave the viewers a chance to hear the candidates directly. Along side substantive information, there was also hype through news videos of standings of the candidates and how the running is going. Humor was also presented in a mocking way by the people acting or joking about the candidates.

Overall, each source gave a different perspective on the race for governor and the big decisions being made for the near future.