New Media Index: Our Weekly Content Analysis
This section contains the complete archive of all the PEJ New Media Indexes. They are published below in chronological order, but our archive is also searchable. Use the key word search on the left to find reports about specific news events.
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: May 10, 2012 | | 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 calling for fair elections dominated the week’s most popular news videos. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: May 3, 2012 | | 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 top subject on blogs included a tribute to a classic sports car.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 26, 2012 | | 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 another big week for pop stars while a tragic car accident in Japan registered as the most viewed news video. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 19, 2012 | | 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 controversies kept the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin case in the news six weeks after the incident occurred.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 11, 2012 | | 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’ joke at the expense of a presidential candidate was the most popular news-related YouTube video. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 5, 2012 | | 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. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: March 22, 2012 | | 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 in 2009. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: March 8, 2012 | | In social media, praise easily outweighed the criticism of controversial blogger and conservative political activist Andrew Breitbart after his passing late last week.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: March 1, 2012 | | 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. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: February 24, 2012 | | 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 singer and even some of his fans. |
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