November 28-December 2, 2011: A Black Mark for Black Friday Sparks the...
An incident involving a woman attacking fellow shoppers with pepper spray during a Black Friday sale got the attention of bloggers last week.
View ArticleDecember 5-11, 2011: The Gingrich Rise Fuels Campaign Coverage
One GOP candidate has not only soared in the polls recently, he’s become the focal point of news coverage as well. A presidential speech drove coverage of the week’s No. 2 story, the economy.
View ArticleDecember 5-9, 2011: Bloggers Recall the Year in Pictures
A set of moving photographs that helped define the year 2011 generated major attention in the blogosphere (and also helped BuzzFeed have its busiest day of online traffic ever). Teen singers dominated...
View ArticleDecember 12-18, 2011: The Media Turn the GOP Race into a Two-Man Battle
Attention to the Republican nomination fight increased last week with Iowa looming and Gingrich and Romney locked in campaign combat.
View ArticleDecember 19, 2011 - January 2, 2012: The Santorum Surge Story Comes True
In the days before Iowans finally caucused, the news media were most focused on the shifting horse race that foreshadowed Rick Santorum’s strong late showing, according to a PEJ analysis of the leading...
View ArticleDecember 19-23, 2011: Bloggers Argue over the 2011 “Lie of the Year”
On blogs, PolitiFact’s decision to call out Democrats for lying about GOP plans for Medicare led to a heated political argument. And on YouTube, viewers were fascinated by the public outpouring from...
View ArticleDecember 26-30, 2011: Bloggers Close out 2011 with iPhone News
News of Apple’s dominance in mobile shopping and the possible waning of price comparison websites struck bloggers interest last week.
View ArticleJanuary 2-6, 2012: Social Media Users Focus on Ron Paul
Last week, liberal, libertarian and conservative bloggers debated the campaign of presidential candidate Ron Paul following the Iowa caucuses. And on YouTube, Paul supporters offered up their own...
View ArticleJanuary 9-15, 2012: New Hampshire Primaries Keep Election Coverage Strong
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. But the data has been made available.
View ArticleJanuary 16-20, 2012: Social Media Win a Big One in Washington
Legislation aimed at combating online piracy drew the universal ire of social media users last week as a large January 18 protest put pressure on Congress to oppose the bills. And in what many...
View ArticleJanuary 16-22, 2012: 2012 Campaign Coverage Heads South
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. But the data has been made available.
View ArticleJanuary 23-27, 2012: The Facebook Fascination on Social Media
With Facebook’s IPO filing, this special edition of the New Media Index examines the conversation about the company among bloggers and tweeters during the past three years.
View ArticleJanuary 23-29, 2012: 2012 Campaign Heats Up in the Sunshine State
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. But the data has been made available.
View ArticleJanuary 30 – February 3, 2012: Social Media Share a History Lesson
Last week, bloggers circulated a letter written more than a century ago from a former slave. Some in social media were able to use publicly available information on the web to investigate the veracity...
View ArticleJanuary 30 - February 5, 2012: Romney & Gingrich Lead the News
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. But the data has been made available.
View ArticleFebruary 6-12, 2012: Election and Unrest in Syria Top the News
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. But the data has been made available.
View ArticleFebruary 13-19, 2012: In Busy News Week, Economy Leads
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleFebruary 13-17, 2012: Blogs and Twitter Make the Grammys—and Chris Brown—the...
One particular performer at the February 12 Grammy ceremonies triggered a torrent of conversation in the social media last week. And much of that discussion included anger directed the awards, the...
View ArticleFebruary 20-26, 2012: Presidential Election Tops the News as Key Primaries...
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleFebruary 20-24, 2012: Bloggers Debate Global Warming and Scientific Ethics
In the blogosphere last week, scientist Peter Gleick’s admission that he used a false identity to obtain global warming-related documents topped the news.
View ArticleFebruary 27 - March 4, 2012: Election Leads as Super Tuesday Nears
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleFebruary 27 - March 2, 2012: Breitbart Remembered Fondly by Most on Social...
In social media, praise easily outweighed the criticism of controversial blogger and conservative political activist Andrew Breitbart after his passing late last week.
View ArticleMarch 5-11, 2012: Super Tuesday Gives Election Big Week
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleMarch 12-18, 2012: Shooting Rampage Returns Focus to Afghanistan
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleMarch 12-16, 2012: Bloggers Hammer Mitt Romney
The Republican presidential frontrunner was the target of significant criticism from bloggers last week in response to his remarks on Planned Parenthood and Rush Limbaugh as well as a column he wrote...
View ArticleMarch 19-25, 2012: A Controversial Tragedy Turns Focus to Florida
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleMarch 26-30, 2012: On Social Media, a Conversation about Race
For the second week in a row, the shooting death of Trayvon Martin was widely discussed with many focusing on the role of race in the incident.
View ArticleMarch 26 - April 1, 2012: Health Care Reform Challenge Tops the News
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleApril 2-6, 2012: Project Glass Takes Social Media by Storm
Social media users are often fascinated by high-tech advances and a preview of Google’s augmented-reality glasses last week generated a major reaction on blogs and Twitter. Meanwhile, an April Fools’...
View ArticleApril 2-8, 2012: Big Win for Romney Makes Campaign Top Story
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleApril 9-13, 2012: Instagram, Facebook and Media Controversies Lead on Social...
The sale of the photo networking site Instagram to Facebook for $1 billion gained attention on both blogs and Twitter last week as users were startled by the large price tag. Also, three separate media...
View ArticleApril 9-15, 2012: Charges in the Trayvon Martin Case Compete for Media...
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleApril 16-22, 2012: General Election Takes Shape
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleApril 16-20, 2012: Bloggers Speculate on Google Innovations
The impending release of Google Drive and looming changes at Google+ triggered a lively online discussion last week as bloggers generally seemed to welcome these new developments. On Twitter, it was...
View ArticleApril 23-29, 2012: Romney & Obama Eye November
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleApril 23-27, 2012: Bloggers Debate the Treatment of Arab Women
A controversial column arguing that women are “hated” in the Arab world triggered an impassioned conversation in the blogosphere last week that included both warm praise and strident criticism. Another...
View ArticleApril 30 - May 6, 2012: Drama of a Chinese Dissident Closely Trails Election
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleApril 30-May 4, 2012: Bloggers Discuss Barack Obama’s Dating Life
An article that focused largely on the president’s relationships with some old girlfriends inspired bloggers to weigh in on both Obama and the article last week. On YouTube, protests in Malaysia...
View ArticleMay 7-13, 2012: Obama's "Evolution" Leads the News
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleMay 7-11, 2012: In Social Media, Support for Same-sex Marriage
During a week when North Carolina voters rejected same-sex marriage and President Obama endorsed it, the controversial issue inspired a passionate debate on blogs and Twitter. And in both social media...
View ArticleMay 14-20, 2012: Pop Culture is King in Social Media
The naming of new celebrity judges for a popular reality show generated major attention in both the blogosphere and Twitterverse last week. And for the second week in a row, events related to the 2012...
View ArticleMay 14-20, 2012: Election Leads as Campaigns Go National
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleMay 21-25, 2012: The Blogosphere Worries about Government Propaganda
The House passage of the Smith–Mundt Modernization Act led both liberal and conservative bloggers to voice strong concerns that it would pave the way for government influence on domestic public...
View ArticleMay 21-27, 2012: Cable News Drives Election Coverage
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleMay 28-June 1: Smartphone Speculation Soars on Social Media
Bloggers and Twitter users love guessing about new high-tech devices and last week, they were busy discussing what the new iPhone would look like and whether Facebook would jump into the smartphone...
View ArticleMay 28 - June 3, 2012: Presidential Election Leads the News
The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available.
View ArticleJune 4 - 8, 2012: How a Pop Tune Became the Hottest Social Media Meme
The hit song “Call Me Maybe” entered the news realm last week as a video of President Obama seemingly singing the tune went viral. The video also inspired numerous imitators, displaying the power of...
View Article: Apple Announcements Dominate the Blogosphere
The news made at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco last week ricocheted through the internet’s many tech blogs. And on YouTube, a mixture of President Obama and the catchy pop...
View Article: Hurricane Sandy and Twitter
How did people use Twitter during Hurricane Sandy and what did they tweet about? A new study from PEJ shows that over half of the conversation on and around the hurricane’s landfall was news,...
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