Modest Coverage for Pakistan Flooding

The recent flooding in Pakistan, while a tragedy of massive proportions, has generated less than robust coverage in the U.S. mainstream press. The deadly earthquake in Haiti easily generated the most attention of any overseas disaster in 2010, but which other events have generated significant coverage this year?

• 23% — First Lady in the Headlines
• 10th — A Tale of Two Justices
• 14% — When Race Makes News
• No. 4 — Midterms in the Media Spotlight
• #3 — Overseas Officials in the U.S. Media
• 66% — Shrinking World Cup Story
• 4:1 — McChrystal Tops List of Military Newsmakers
• 40% — Datelines from a Disaster
• 1st — The BP Spill Leads the Disaster List
• 2.8% — America’s Longest War Fights for Media Attention
• 9:1 — The Science Gap
• No. 5 — The Flood the Media Missed
• 20% — How Newsrooms Are Coping with Cutbacks
• #1 — Arizona Puts Immigration in the News
• No. 2 — Tragic Accidents in the Headlines
• 5th — Nukes in the News
• 1.3% — i-Pad Leads, But Tech News Gets Few Headlines
• 4% — Russia News in U.S. Media

100 Days of Gushing Oil – Media Analysis and Quiz

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico proved to be a complex, technical and long-running saga that taxed the media’s resources and attention span. A new PEJ study highlights eight key points in the oil spill coverage. And a new quiz tests how much you know about media coverage of the disaster.

• For Communication Grads, a Tough Job Market
• Media Coverage of City Governments
• The Reconstruction of a Media Mess
• Media, Race and Obama’s First Year
• Six Things to Know About Health Care Coverage
• The Pope Meets the Press
• New Media, Old Media
• Hiding in Plain Sight, From Kennedy to Brown
• News Leaders and the Future
• Understanding the Participatory News Consumer
• How News Happens
• Hispanics in the News
• Covering the Great Recession
• The Starting Line--Media Coverage of the Faith-Based Initiative in the First Six Months of 2001 and 2009
• Grim Employment Picture for Communication Grads
• Health News Coverage in the U.S. Media, Early 2009
• Swine Flu Coverage around the World
• Obama's First 100 Days

Islamic Issues Ignite the Blogosphere: August 16-20, 2010

The argument over the Park 51 Islamic center continued in the blogosphere last week, but this time, mosque supporters dominated. Bloggers also reacted to a poll that more Americans believe Barack Obama is a Muslim. On Twitter, an article declaring "The Web is dead" was No. 1. And on YouTube, an obscene gesture drove a popular video.

• NCI — Mosque Controversy, Iraq War Dominate the News: August 16-22, 2010
• NMI — Net Neutrality and the Mosque Furor Lead the Blogosphere: August 9-13, 2010
• NCI — The 2010 Midterms Rise; the Gulf Spill Sinks: August 9-15, 2010
• NMI — A Ruling on Same-sex Marriage Galvanizes Bloggers: August 2-6, 2010
• NCI — A Tough Economy and a Plugged Leak Top the News: August 2-8, 2010
• NMI — Facebook Privacy and iPhone “Jailbreaking” Engage Social Media Users: July, 26-30, 2010
• NCI — Afghanistan Tops the News: July 26-August 1, 2010
• NMI — An Altered BP Photo Leads the Blogosphere: July 19-23, 2010
• NCI — Old and New Media Both Make News, but Economy Tops the Agenda: July 19-25, 2010
• NMI — Obama, Apple and an Oracular Octopus Lead the Social Media : July 12-16, 2010
• NCI — With New Hope for Containment, the Gulf Spill Leads: July 12-18, 2010