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Journal Of Risk Research: Did The World Overlook The Media's Early Warning Of Covid-19?
An article published today in the Journal of Risk Research looks at early warning signals of Covid-19 in GDELT. Read…
How COVID-19 Has Transformed What We Hear and See on TV
How is television news changing in the COVID-19 era as news channels run wall-to-wall pandemic coverage, newsreaders, reporters and guests…
Using BigQuery To Compile A Decade-Long Chronology Of Dr.'s On Television News
Yesterday we showed how a single SQL query in BigQuery could be used to compile a list of all of…
Using BigQuery + Regex's On OCR'd Chyrons From The Cloud Video API To Compile A List Of "Dr."'s On TV News
Between an hour and a third of the airtime on CNN each day since Feb. 26th has mentioned "Dr." somewhere…
Using BigQuery UDFs To Perform On-The-Fly NLP On OCR'd Chyrons From The Cloud Video API
Last year Felipe Hoffa demonstrated the use of the "compromise" JavaScript NLP library as a BigQuery UDF, applying it to…
Mentions Of Covid-19 "Working Groups" Steadily Increase
Since January 19th, mentions of "working groups" relating to Covid-19 have steadily increased, with some states relying on such working…
Television News Imagery Of Protests Rebounding As “Reopen” Movement Grows
This timeline shows the total seconds of airtime per day on CNN since Jan. 25 depicting the visual activity “protest”…
Television News Imagery Of Crowds Decreasing In Covid-19 Era
Since mid-March imagery of crowds has sharply decreased. View The Full Charticle.
News Coverage Shifts From "Flattening The Curve" To "Reopening"
Worldwide online news coverage has shifted from “flattening the curve” to “reopening” the economy. Read The Full Charticle.
Imagery Of Crowds Fades From CNN From Mid-March
In this new era of social distancing, imagery of crowds has unsurprisingly faded away on television news. Live Version.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Depictions Up On CNN
Unsurprisingly, imagery depicting PPE has been increasing on CNN, largely since around March 18. Such imagery is not related to…
Mentions Of A Covid-19 Vaccine Steadily Increasing
In online news coverage, mentions of the word "vaccine" begin January 21, surge again starting February 24, again March 10…
The State Of The 2020 US Presidential Race In Media Coverage: Democratic Presidential Candidate Mentions 2019-2020 (Online News)
Biden first emerged as a significant force in March 2019, but exploded into a dominate figure in September 2019, though…
The State Of The 2020 US Presidential Race In Media Coverage: Democratic Presidential Candidate Mentions 2019-2020 (CNN/MSNBC/Fox Chyrons)
Biden has long been mentioned the most of any of the candidates in the chyron text, with fairly steady coverage…
The State Of The 2020 US Presidential Race In Media Coverage: Democratic Presidential Candidate Mentions 2019-2020 (ABC/NBC/CBS Evening News)
While evening news coverage mentioned the race sporadically in several bursts, coverage really took off in January 2020, ending in…
WashPost: Trump And Fox News Suggest Caution On Hydroxychloroquine Studies (After One Undercuts Their Case)
The Washington Post's Philip Bump looks at how Fox coverage of hydroxychloroquine has changed as studies have countered the White…
The State Of The 2020 US Presidential Race In Media Coverage: Democratic Presidential Candidate Mentions 2019-2020 (CNN/MSNBC/Fox)
A RealClearPublicAffairs Charticle comparing CNN/MSNBC/Fox coverage of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. Read The Full Article.
Facebook's COVID-Protest Ban Renews Censorship Concerns
Facebook’s growing power over the public square is back in the news this week as the company announced it is…
Mentions Of Covid-19 "Immunity" Trend Steadily Upwards
In contrast to "immunity passports", mentions of Covid-19 "immunity" in general have risen steadily since January 20th, dramatically accelerating from…
Mentions Of "Immunity Passports" Fading
So-called "immunity passports" have emerged as one possible safety measure for governments looking to reopen their economies. Mentions of such…
Fox News Emphasizes "Wuhan Lab"
Fox News stands alone among its peers CNN and MSNBC in its emphasis on "Wuhan Lab". Mentions began taking off…
Increasing Portion Of Onscreen Text On CNN Is Numbers
In the midst of a pandemic, it might make sense for an increasing percentage of onscreen text to be numbers,…
Onscreen Mentions Of "Physician", "Doctor" And "Nurse" Up In Covid-19 Era On CNN
Onscreen textual mentions of the singular "Physician" on CNN have soared since March 3, reflecting a growing reliance of the…
Onscreen Mentions Of "Professor" Up In Covid-19 Era On CNN
Onscreen textual mentions of "Professor" or "Prof" on CNN have noticeably increased at the end of February and since March…