Author: Kalev Leetaru
Visual Global Entity Graph 2.0: People Account For 70% Of Evening News Airtime
It turns out that unsurprisingly, human beings have been depicted in more than 70% of the total airtime of ABC,…
Visual Global Entity Graph 2.0: All Videos Reprocessed Using V1 "Builtin/Latest" Model
The original release of the The Visual Global Entity Graph 2.0 on February 3, 2020 featured videos processed under two…
New York Times: Which Democrats Are Leading the 2020 Presidential Race?
The New York Times' look at the 2020 Democratic field uses the TV Explorer to examine media coverage of the…
A Quarter Of Worldwide Economic News Coverage Mentions Coronavirus Now
In a sobering reflection of the Coronavirus' impact on global markets, a quarter of worldwide news coverage mentioning "economy OR…
A Third Of Coronavirus Coverage Is Now About Its Economic Impact
As Coronavirus mitigations and population panic set in, markets are feeling an increasing pressure. Up to a third of global…
'Coronavirus' Versus 'Covid-19'
As the Coronavirus has continued its global spread, it has been given the formal name of "Covid-19". How often is…
Trump Is Mentioned In 16-36% Of US Coronavirus Coverage
How much is Donald Trump being mentioned in domestic US news coverage of the Coronavirus outbreak? In terms of domestic…
Mentions Of Masks Are Skyrocketing
Mentions of "mask OR masks OR n95" have been skyrocketing since late January, as can be seen in the timeline…
Mentions Of 'Shortages' Are Sharply Elevated
Worldwide online news mentions of "shortage OR shortages" are sharply elevated from their levels over the past three years. Live…
2020 Presidential Race Steamrolls Nearly All Else in TV Coverage
With the presidential race reaching a fever pitch among Democratic hopefuls, it may seem as if the news has become…
BBVA: Monitoring Coronavirus Outbreak Using Big Data
BBVA's special report "Monitoring Coronavirus outbreak using Big Data" tracks the global reaction to the Coronavirus outbreak. Read The Full…
Campaign 2020 Media Dashboard Adds Streamgraphs
The chaotic cacophony of the 2020 race means our Campaign 2020 Media Dashboard's timelines have become increasingly difficult to interpret,…
'Panic Buying' Is Receiving The Most Media Attention Of The Last Three Years
The phrase "panic buying" is receiving a flurry of global media coverage in response to the growing Coronavirus epidemic. Even…
WashPost: With Impeachment Over And Polls Sagging, Even Trump Is Not Talking About Biden Much Anymore
Philip Bump's latest look at the 2020 race. Read The Full Article.
Twitter 'Misinformation' Demo App Stirs Free Speech Questions
Last week, NBC reported on a leaked internal demonstration app from Twitter showcasing one of the company’s ideas for fact-checking…
Socialism Mentions Hit Record Highs On Television News
As Roger Macdonald points out, mentions of "socialism" are at record highs on television news, despite it being 8 years…
A Global Golden Retriever Detector For Television News
There are more than 11,000 unique objects and activities in the Visual Global Entity Graph 2.0's more than 470 million…
Using BigQuery To Surface The Dyadic Country Interactions Defining The Last 40 Years
What if, with a single SQL query, we could surface the most common dyadic relationships defining each year of the…
A Timeline Of 40 Years Of Ukrainian Protest Intensity
Using the new modernized example Standard SQL queries we posted earlier today, what can we learn about the monthly protest…
Modernizing The 'Top Relationships By Year' And 'Protest Intensity' Queries From Legacy To Standard BigQuery SQL
In our original Google Cloud Platform blog post about GDELT, we offered two example SQL queries to get users started:…
New York Times: Which Democrats Are Leading the 2020 Presidential Race?
The New York Times' look at the 2020 Democratic field uses the TV Explorer to examine media coverage of the…
'Him' Vs 'Her': Gendered Pronouns On Television News
As society increasingly explores the concept of "gender" beyond the traditional binary "male" and "female" labels, how much is the…
Axios: Bloomberg Finally Upends The National Conversation
Axios' look at the state of media coverage of the 2020 race. Read The Full Article.
Television News Global Entity Graph 2.0: Tracking The Coronavirus Through Google's Natural Language API
What has the Coronavirus outbreak looked like through the eyes of television news and how well has Google's Natural Language…