Today's LeadOn Twitter, Still Tough Going for KomenAfter the furor over its decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen foundation reversed course and a key official resigned. According to a PEJ study of the Twitter conversation, the volume of the social media conversation about Komen has slowed, but the critical tone has remained virtually unchanged. ![]() 47% Drop in media coverage of Obama’s 2012 SOTU compared to 2011 When State of the Union Coverage ShrinksThe two least covered State of the Union speeches in recent years have had something in common. A PEJ examination of media attention to these major presidential addresses reveals what that is.
![]() The Year in News 2011What stories and which people generated the most news coverage in 2011? PEJ's annual Year in the News report offers answers. The Year in News 2011 Interactive allows users to explore the data for themselves.
![]() The Facebook Fascination on Social Media: January 23-27, 2012With 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.
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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