Today's LeadSocial Media Win a Big One in Washington: January 16-20, 2012Legislation 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 observers called an unprecedented event, the online resistance actually forced the legislators into retreat last week. ![]() 6% Univision’s increase in audience (18-49) in 2011—the only top-five network to see growth for the year New Push for Hispanic TV AudiencesNewsCorp this week announced plans to launch of a new Spanish-language channel. The industry leader, Univision, is introducing three new channels this spring. The Project for Excellence in Journalism looks at recent data that speaks to the recent influx of Spanish-language programming.
![]() The Media Narrative Turns to FloridaAs he surged in the polls and won in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich did not so much receive better coverage in the news media as simply more of it. PEJ's ongoing analysis of the press coverage of the campaign, "Campaign 2012 in the Media" finds that Gingrich now is getting more attention than Romney but both not necessarily a more positive one as the candidates head to Florida.
![]() A Google Move Ignites an Online Battle: January 9-13, 2012Major changes came to Google’s Search last week and bloggers rallied largely to voice displeasure and concern. And Super Junior, the Korean pop group that has rabid fans across the world, continues to be a draw on Twitter.
Explore the tone and volume of news coverage and Twitter conversations about each presidential candidate in the Campaign 2012 in the Media interactive.
Rea Explore the data from the nearly 46,000 stories PEJ analyzed in 2011 in its weekly News Coverage Index or read the Year in the News report for an analysis of news coverage in 2011; the differences in the mainstream press and social news agendas and comparisons of public opinion and media coverage.
Who Owns the News Media allows users to compare companies by various indicators, explore each media sector and read profiles of individual companies. It is a new feature of the State of the News Media 2011.
Tom Rosenstiel and Bill Kovach recently published their new book,Blur: How to Know What’s True in the Age of Information Overload. It outlines what any consumer should ask to decide whether the content they are looking at is reliable.
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