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: October 25, 2010 | | Thanks to polls, prognosticators and personal
attacks, the congressional election cycle galvanized the news media last week.
The economy finished as the No. 2 story, with the foreclosure crisis once again
driving the narrative. And a noteworthy news industry firing, that of NPR’s
Juan Williams, triggered an impassioned journalistic and political debate.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: October 21, 2010 | | The country’s ongoing mortgage crisis sparked outrage from many bloggers last week while others discussed the compatibility—or lack thereof—between faith and science. On Twitter, images of the rescued Chilean miners drew cheers. And on YouTube, a movie star’s surprise visit to a school received millions of views. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: October 18, 2010 | | Thanks to some bruising campaigns and controversial remarks, the 2010 midterms led the mainstream news agenda again last week as an outspoken gubernatorial candidate moved to the center of the narrative. And the happy conclusion to the story of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, captured on live television, finished as a strong No. 2 subject.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: October 14, 2010 | | With the 2010 midterm season upon us, bloggers of various political stripes last week focused intently on politics and the state of the U.S. economy. On Twitter, technology topics again led the way. And the most popular YouTube video was a phony satirical story about a young pop idol.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: October 12, 2010 | |
This fall’s big story—the 2010 midterm elections—showed little sign of
abating last week as some heated campaigns sparked much of the media’s interest.
Faulty foreclosure procedures helped make the troubled economy the No. 2 story,
while the passing of a milestone in Afghanistan drove coverage of the
third-biggest story.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: October 7, 2010 | | A survey concluding that non-believers know more about religion than believers sparked an intense and heartfelt conversation among bloggers last week. On Twitter, a disturbing discovery in a loaf of bread was the top story. And on YouTube, a Swiss politician with the giggles became an international video star. |
| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: October 4, 2010 | |
As the campaign for control of Congress
entered its final month, election news once again dominated the headlines—overshadowing
almost everything else. Some housing news drove coverage of the economy while President
Obama’s suggestion to lengthen the school year helped make education one of the
week’s top stories.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: September 30, 2010 | | Conservative bloggers last week expressed
outrage over a passage from Bob Woodward’s new book. Tweeters were galvanized
by a security flaw on Twitter. And YouTube viewers were interested in some
provocative statements a GOP Senate candidate made on television more than a
decade ago.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: September 27, 2010 | | With balloting little more than a month away, the 2010 congressional elections again topped the media agenda as a good chunk of that narrative focused on the power and potential of the tea party. And one factor that will clearly influence the outcome on election night, the state of the U.S. economy, was the No. 2 topic.
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| | Source: PEJ Research; Date Posted: September 23, 2010 | | Technology topped the agenda on Twitter last week as the powerful tech troika of Twitter, Google and Facebook all generated attention. On blogs, the focus was divided between events relating to the Afghanistan war and the death of a veteran actor. And a YouTube-based host who creates his own brand of news was popular once again.
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