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CNN Leads The Charge In Mask Mentions
Since the start of the pandemic, CNN has mentioned masks almost as much as MSNBC and Fox News combined. All…
Transportation Index Computation: A Development Theme Mining-Based Approach
This study by Gang Han, Menggang Li, Yiduo Mei and Deming Li examines topical analysis of coverage of the Belt…
George Floyd Protests Shift Attention From COVID-19 To 2020 Election
The 2020 US presidential campaign was in full swing when COVID-19 derailed the story. From early May the campaign began…
Unemployment Still Fails To Get Much Attention On Television News
Television news channels have never paid much attention to the vast economic cost of the COVID-19 lockdowns and even as…
"Testing" Fades From Television News Even As Public Health Authorities Urge Testing Ramp-up
While public health authorities double down on the urgent need for more testing, the topic has faded from television news…
"Reopening" Fades From Television Since Late August
Television channels began focusing on "reopening" the economy around March 24, peaking around April 14 and continuing through the George…
Today: DataTV 2020: What Google's Cloud Video AI Sees Watching Decade Of Television News
Kalev is speaking at DataTV 2020 today, alongside organizations like the BBC and the MPEG consortium. GDELT is collaborating with…
Social Distancing Fades From News In Aftermath Of George Floyd Protests
Social distancing disappeared from television news as the George Floyd protests drew massive crowds across the country together in close…
Quarantine Mentions Fade Away On Television News
Quarantine occupied 2-4% of television news until the George Floyd protests and has not recovered since, as the conversation has…
Comparing COVID-19 Coverage Across Domestic, Business And International Television News
How has coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic differed across television channels? The timeline plots spoken word mentions on BBC News…
Fox News Pays Most Attention To Kamala Harris' Vaccine Comments
With public health officials pushing for public acceptance of vaccination for COVID-19, Kamala Harris' vaccine comments might have been expected…
"Right Wing" Versus "Left Wing": Our Polarized Nation In Television News
Television news offers a glimpse into the polarized state of our national conversation. The timeline below shows mentions of the…
Fox News Leads Antifa Coverage
Fox News leads coverage of Antifa since it first gained television news attention in June 2017. While CNN and MSNBC…
CNN & MSNBC Lead The Way With Woodward Book Coverage
CNN has devoted 13% of its airtime over the last 48 hours to mentions of Woodward's book, followed closely by…
EWA2020: Reimagining Web Archiving As A Realtime Global Open Research Platform: The GDELT Project
Kalev will be speaking at the inaugural Engaging With Web Archives (EWA) 2020 conference, held at the National University of…
Social Tension And Social Protests As Consequences Of Covid-19 Pandemic
This analysis by Maria Volkova in the proceedings of the 53rd International Scientific Conference On Economic and Social Development Development…
Credibility Coalition: Combatting Misinformation And Lending Context Through GDELT’s Global Open News Annotation Datasets
Kalev will be giving a talk to the Credibility Coalition next week titled "Combatting Misinformation And Lending Context Through GDELT’s…
DataTV 2020: What Google's Cloud Video AI Sees Watching Decade Of Television News
Kalev will be speaking at DataTV 2020 next week in a presentation titled "What Google's Cloud Video AI Sees Watching…
Finding Television News Coverage Of Twitter Rules Violations
How often does television news cover tweets that Twitter flags as a violation of its rules? Coverage of such tweets…
An Example Of A Trump Tweet Collage On Television News
The majority of times that television news outlets showcase a tweet, they show the tweet by itself on screen. However,…
An Example Of Television News Showing Trump "Liking" A Tweet
How does television news depict visually onscreen Donald Trump "liking" a tweet? MSNBC's "The Reid Out" shows one such example…
Campaign 2020 Dashboard Updated With New Defaults And Visual Styling
Now that the 2020 US presidential race has officially narrowed to Trump vs Biden, we've updated our Campaign 2020 dashboard…
Making Use Of Big Data To Inform Policy: Lebanon Case Study
This analysis by the Institute of Development Studies uses GDELT to explore realtime analysis of Security and Rule Of Law…
A Look At CNN & MSNBC's Ebola Infections Dashboards
CNN's COVID-19 dashboard has been an ever-present fixture of its pandemic reporting since March 20th. Did it do the same…