PEJ New Media Index - Top Five Most Linked-To Stories

March 8-12, 2010

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Top Five Most Linked-To Stories by Blogs and Social Media

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Links

1

Cyberspace Issues

46.2%

2

Big Bag Machine

9.1 

3

Economic Crisis

9

4

Jewish Tribe in Africa

6.1

5

Congressional Scandals

5.6

 

Top Five Most Linked-To Stories on Twitter


Rank

Story

Percent of Links

1

Apple iPad

20.3%

2

Ohio Shooting

11.5

3

Education System

8.8

4

Tech sites

7.6

5

U.S. Airline Industry

7.5

 

Top Ten Most Covered Stories in the Traditional Media (March 1-7, 2010)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

Health Care

19%

2

Economy

12

3

Congressional Scandals

5

4

Toyota Recall
5

5

Education System

5

6

Afghanistan

3

7

Events in Iraq

3

8

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

2

9

Jihad Jane

2

10

Oscars
2