Author: Kalev Leetaru
Fox News Pivoted Away From "Extremism" Under Trump And Is An Outlier Since January 6
Over the past decade, Fox News has led mentions of "extremism" and "extremists" among its peers. However, with the election…
TV Visual Explorer: Univision (KDTV) 2020-Present Historical Backfile Now Available
To make it possible for scholars, journalists and public health officials to better understand how the story of the Covid-19…
Ransomware Fades From Television News
Ransomware first began appearing in late 2015 on television news, with bursts in late 2017 and 2019-2020, with a peak…
TV News Mentions Of Cyber Accelerated Since December 2014 But Not Soaring
Mentions of the terms "cyber/cybersecurity/cyberwar/cyberwarfare" on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News surged in December 2014 and have remained elevated compared…
Gallup Polls Faded From Television News In Late 2012
Gallup polls have long been a mainstay of public opinion research, yet their presence on television news has declined substantially…
TV Visual Explorer: Telemundo (KSTS) 2020-Present Historical Backfile Now Available
To make it possible for scholars, journalists and public health officials to better understand how the story of the Covid-19…
"Nationalism" Peaked On TV News From January 2016 To August 2019 But Has Faded Since
Mentions of the words "nationalism" and "nationalist(s)" appeared most commonly on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News from around January 2016…
We're Talking More About The Supreme Court Since Donald Trump But Less Than October 2020
Mentions of the US Supreme Court have increased since the election of Donald Trump and have increased steadily since the…
Labor Strike Mentions Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
Despite historic inflation, mentions of labor strikes have not increased substantially and remain slightly below their pre-pandemic levels. Mentions dropped…
Fox News Featuring Gas Prices Twice As Much As CNN And 4.4 Times More Than MSNBC
The streamgraph below shows the total seconds of daily airtime in which gas prices were mentioned somewhere in the onscreen…
TV Visual Explorer: Deutsche Welle (DW) English 2020-Present Historical Backfile Now Available
To make it possible for scholars, journalists and public health officials to better understand how the story of the Covid-19…
The Media Isn't Talking About Unionization
The timeline below shows monthly mentions of unionization across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News over the past decade, showing mentions…
Data Science For Social Good: Mining And Visualizing Worldwide News To Monitor Xenophobic Violence Towards Migrants And Refugees
Michele C. Weigle and Erika Frydenlund, Data Science for Social Good: Mining and Visualizing Worldwide News to Monitor Xenophobic Violence…
Boycott Mentions Rise On Fox News Since Trump But Less On CNN And MSNBC
Looking at mentions of boycotts over the past decade, they increased since Donald Trump's election, but largely on Fox News,…
TV Visual Explorer: Looking Back On The 10-Year Anniversary Of 9/11
As we approach the July 4th weekend, the TV Visual Explorer's 13-year archive of American television news reminds of the…
Gas Price Mentions Continue To Rise On Business Television News
Business television news channels began focusing on the rising cost of gas in February of last year, right after Biden's…
Gas Price Mentions On TV News Finally Eclipse March 2012 Peak On Fox News
Mentions of the price of gasoline have been rising since May 2021 and accelerating since this past November. Last month…
TV Visual Explorer: BBC News London 2020-Present Historical Backfile Now Available
To make it possible for scholars, journalists and public health officials to better understand how the story of the Covid-19…
Predicting Terrorist Attacks In The United States Using Localized News Data
This study combines the GKG and EVENT datasets to incorporate thematic narrative underpinnings in the prediction of terror attacks: Terrorism…
Television News Coverage Of Covid-19 Continues To Decline
Since peaking in April-May 2020, television news coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic has continued to decline almost linearly. It dropped…
Pandemic Mentions Collapse Across The World Since Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused a vertical collapse in television news coverage of Covid-19 in the last days of…
TV Visual Explorer: Al Jazeera English 2020-Present Historical Backfile Now Available
To make it possible for scholars, journalists and public health officials to better understand how the story of the Covid-19…
Supply Chain Mentions Off Their October 2021 Peak But Remain Elevated
Supply chains were rarely mentioned on television news until February 2020 as Covid-19 lockdowns spread across the world and peaked…
Did Trump And Facebook Lead To A Surge In Fact-Checking?
In November 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The following month, Facebook launched a new partnership with news…