Indexes: Our Weekly Content Analysis
This section contains the complete archive of all PEJ 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: April 30, 2011 | | A natural disaster at home, a royal wedding
abroad and the release of a birth certificate were all among the big news-making
events from April 25-May 1. News about the economy and violence in the Middle
East vied for attention too. But all that changed abruptly in the week’s waning
hours.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 28, 2011 | | Several local issues in California generated attention in the blogosphere last week, two of them involving allegations of political skullduggery. On Twitter, some bloggers fretted about questions concerning Apple and privacy. And on YouTube, a world leader was caught in the act of petty theft. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 24, 2011 | |
The fighting in the Mideast, and especially
Libya, topped the news last week, narrowly ahead of the U.S. economy. But
perhaps the most interesting development was the emergence of the presidential
campaign as a major story—thanks in large part to one controversial
candidate-in-waiting.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 21, 2011 | |
Bloggers and tweeters agreed last week that Apple CEO Steve
Jobs’ upcoming biography was big news while another high-tech executive
generated major attention on blogs for walking out on an interview. A touching
reunion between a woman and her dog was among the top YouTube videos.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 16, 2011 | |
For a second week in a row, the media focused on the economy and away
from foreign affairs. Last week, driven by a Presidential speech, the
government shutdown was replaced with a larger debate about national fiscal
priorities. Lurking in the background was the 2012 presidential race, a story
that gave tycoon and Obama birth certificate skeptic Donald Trump a platform of
his own.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 14, 2011 | | Bloggers last week continued to follow the troubling news coming out of Japan and returned to a familiar topic—global warming—in stark contrast to the mainstream media’s attention to Beltway budget battles. Google’s new video initiative was No. 1 on Twitter while soccer-related violence was the top YouTube news clip. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 10, 2011 | | The media narrative moved from overseas to the Beltway last week as budget battles trumped press interest in Libyan fighting and Japanese nuclear worries. The question is whether a long run of dominant international news will now give way to ongoing coverage of domestic concerns.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 7, 2011 | | From a Supreme Court decision to the discovery of ancient books, bloggers hit on a variety of topics last week——a very different list than that of the mainstream media. And YouTube viewers gave top billing to images from Japan. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 3, 2011 | | In a week in which the president defended his Libya policy to the American public, the Middle East again topped the news agenda. But coverage of that subject and the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake tailed off a bit last week as both crises defied any quick resolution.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: April 1, 2011 | | The crucial events unfolding in both Japan and Libya were among the top stories on blogs last week. But the No. 1 topic was a celebration of the extraordinary life of Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor. On Twitter, the leading story was a high-tech business deal. |
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