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: February 2, 2012 | | 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. In general, Facebook has triggered a major social media conversation when there were notable changes to the site’s capabilities—especially regarding the issue of privacy—or significant news about the business aspects of the company. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: January 26, 2012 | | 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 observers called an unprecedented event, the online resistance actually forced the legislators into retreat last week. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: January 20, 2012 | | Major 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.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: January 12, 2012 | | 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 theory about why a CNN interview suddenly went off the air. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: January 5, 2012 | | News of Apple’s dominance in mobile shopping and the possible waning of price comparison websites struck bloggers interest last week. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: December 29, 2011 | | 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 North Korean citizens following the death of Kim Jong Il. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: December 15, 2011 | | 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 the conversation on Twitter and a Mexican presidential candidate’s gaffe was the most popular news video on YouTube. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: December 8, 2011 | | An incident involving a woman attacking fellow shoppers with pepper spray during a Black Friday sale got the attention of bloggers last week. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: December 1, 2011 | | A pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis set off a viral video on YouTube and critical commentary on blogs. In addition, conservative commentator David Frum received rare kudos from liberal bloggers. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: November 17, 2011 | | Bloggers last week took time to salute Andy Rooney, a stalwart of the old media universe. Meanwhile, the Occupy Wall Street protests led on Twitter. |
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