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Evening News Shows Haven't Mentioned Gas Prices Since October
Television evening news shows on ABC, CBS and NBC have mentioned "gas prices" steadily over the past decade and have…
Changes In How Television Networks Use The Word "The"
A BBC News article earlier this year noted the power of the word "the" in the English language. This got…
CNN Steadily Ramping Up Mentions Of "Doctor" Since February 26
Mentions of "doctor" or "dr." in the onscreen text of CNN since January 25th (minus mentions of its resident commentator…
Television News Embraces Governors
Last week we showed how the word "governor" was being mentioned on television news at rates that have largely been…
Axios: Trump Show Dominates Pandemic While Biden's Voice Fades
Axios' latest look at the 2020 race. Read The Full Article.
"Trump" Versus "President Trump": A Look Back At Television News Portrayals Of Bush, Obama and Trump
When the news media mention Donald Trump, do they refer to him as "President Trump", affording him the full honors…
CNN Makes Heavy Use Of Cisco's Webex For Interviews During Pandemic
What's a 24/7 cable television news station to do during a pandemic when all of its guest interviewees can't come…
MSNBC, Fox News and BBC News Now Searchable In TV Explorer AI!
Last week we announced that MSNBC, Fox News and BBC News had joined CNN in the TV Explorer AI. We're…
"Reopening" Taking Over From "Flattening The Curve" In The Media
The phrase "flatten the curve" leapt into the media consciousness around March 11th and has remained elevated ever since through…
WashPost: If Trump's Coronavirus Finger-Pointing Works, He Has Some Allies At Fox News To Thank
The Washington Post's Philip Bump takes a closer look at Fox News' coverage of Covid-19. Read The Full Article.
Media's Virus Messaging Shapes Public Compliance, Skepticism
Governments scrambling to gauge how their populations are accepting coronavirus stay-at-home orders have turned, in some cases, to cellphone tracking to measure compliance….
WashPost: Fox's Focus On China Over Testing
The Washington Post's Philip Bump tweeted this fascinating graph showing how Fox News has covered China more than testing compared…
Anxiety-Related Language In Global Online News Continues At High Levels
Two weeks ago we showed that anxiety-related language in global English online news coverage had soared since early February and…
"Reopening" Surging In The News
Mentions of "reopen, reopening, reopens and reopened" have surged on television news since around April 8-9. Live Version.
The New Humanitarian: How A Tech NGO Got Sucked Into A COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory
This piece by The New Humanitarian's Ben Parker examines the spread of conspiracy theories. Read The Full Article.
Cato Institute: Research Provides No Basis for Pandemic Travel Bans
The Cato Institute's David Bier cited Kalev's RealClearPolitics article "Virus Experts' Early Statements Belie 'Prescient' Portrayal" in his analysis of…
Trump's "Cure Can't Be Worse Than The Disease" Fades From Media
Trump's Covid-19 back-to-work catchphrase "the cure can't be worse than the disease" soared on March 24th but has largely faded…
"Social Distancing" Mentions In Media Remain Steady
Mentions of "social distancing" soared to media stardom in early March and have reached a steady state since March 19th….
Default Clip Sorting For TV Explorer & AI TV Explorer Now Descending Date
Since their launches, the Television Explorer and AI Television Explorer have displayed matching results sorted by textual relevancy, just as…
The Phrase "New Normal" Has Entered Our Lexicon
The phrase "new normal" is everywhere today, but when did it first enter the media lexicon? The timeline below shows…
Automated Production of Political Indicators
This final project paper by Duke University graduate student Matt Dickenson examines using GDELT to automate the production of the…
Mapping The Geography Of Angela Merkel Through The Global Geographic Graph
In 2018 we explored the idea of mapping the geography of language by showing the locations most closely associated with…
Announcing The Global Geographic Graph
We are tremendously excited to announce today the debut of the GDELT Global Geographic Graph, the underlying dataset powering the…
Towards Data Science: Building a Social Network from the News using Graph Theory
An interesting tutorial by Marcell Ferencz using GDELT as an index to identify relevant coverage that he then analyzed in…