Assignment 3

this is my assignment 3.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, these seem to be the only two faces you see anymore on politically connected television networks. It is no surprise why these two presidential candidates have the spotlight on them at all times, not only do they create sparks during debates, they also are two very unusual candidates to see face to face, let alone running for president. This is the sole reason I had chosen these two figures to compare and contrast webpages. In the following paper I will be analyzing each candidate’s website, comparing and contrasting the content available, focusing on form, content and writing style.

 

 First I will examine Barack Obama’s website, who is the junior senator from Illinois. Upon first examining the webpage of Mr. Obama I was expecting to have to enter my information to be able to view his web page. Usually they want to be able to send you information about that candidate via email, but I was surprised when it gave me the option to opt out of the information section and simply hop right into the website. I was not too surprises with the layout of the webpage, its background was blue with shades of light blue throughout, it had a very bold but relaxing tone to it. Most pictures that were offered of Mr. Obama were of him standing tall looking to be in deep thought. The writing style was extremely neat and organized, with a soft and relaxing tone to all of it. It was very user friendly offering a place to watch video, write blogs and jut explore every detail about Barack and his campaign. There were several tabs to select from and I took them and the first tab being the most important to the last being the least important. The first tab was a Learn tab that gave you the option to learn about the candidate, his family, gives facts that when entering are mostly directed against his biggest opponent   Hillary Clinton, in summary declaring here a liar. The next tab is the issues that Barack stands for. The next tab is the media tab, which gives you links to Baracktv, photos, downloads, mobile. The next tab is the action tab where it gives you the option to donate, there is also a place to donate on the main page that is in bold red letters. The next tab is the people tab, which gives you where he had been and where he is going to be.

 

  Hillary Clintons web page was striking similar to the colors of the American flag, just screaming patriotism. It was more cluttered than Baracks webpage, but had striking similarities in the tab options. Not too different than Baracks. The biggest difference was the writing style. It is obvious that Hillary is falling behind in the race and it really shows on her webpage where the majority of the content that is fist viewed is asking for help in ione way or another. Some key words that rang aloud were help, join and find. All related to helping her campaign, or joining her fight and finding supporters for herself. I did not see to may jabs at Senator Obama, much unlike I saw on his page. Maybe it was hidden deeper in the webpage were I had not found or maybe they have backed off that strategy because of a possible backfire. I was also surprised that Hillary did not have the word “Donate” as bold and big as Obama.

 

  Overall I found the two web pages to have striking similarities, but also had much different tomes to each. It seems that Hillary is desperate in her website, where Barack is riding the wave on top and is much more calm and collected. I’m sure if the situation was reversed that they both would be singing different tunes.