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Silicon Republic: Meet The Syrian Data Scientist In Ireland Using Her Skills To Aid Refugees
A fantastic feature on Suad Aldarra's work exploring and visualizing the global narratives around refugees. Read The Full Article.
"Elderly" Is The Word Of The Month
Mentions of the word "elderly" have soared across the media this month. The timeline below shows mention density in global…
We're Not Talking About The Wildlife Link To The Coronavirus
There is widespread agreement that Covid-19 likely emerged through the wildlife trade. The timeline below shows the percentage of global…
Virus Coverage: Business/Global TV Was Ahead Of The Curve
As the coronavirus has hit home for America, how have the media covered the pandemic and how has it displaced…
It Takes A village To Manipulate The Media: Coordinated Link Sharing Behavior During 2018 And 2019 Italian Elections
This paper in Information, Communication & Society uses GDELT as a proxy for news coverage to understand social link sharing…
Towards Data Science: The Political And Economic Perspective Of Covid-19
At look at the economic impact of Covid-19 using GDELT's Television Explorer to understand media coverage trends. Read The Full…
We're Talking More And More About A "Recession"
Global online news coverage is increasingly discussing the specter of a "recession", surpassing even August 2019's peak: Live Version. As…
Using Google’s AI Workshop "Semantic Similarity For Natural Language" Experiment To Segment Television News Into Stories
Google’s AI Workshop offers an incredibly rich collection of research experiments spanning the frontiers of AI research today. Unlike Google’s…
The Pitt News: Fostering Mental Health Amid The COVID-19 Crisis
An opinion piece in the University of Pittsburgh's student newspaper cites Kalev's RealClearPolitics analysis of media coverage of the Covid-19…
"Flatten The Curve" Has Lept Into Our Lexicon
The phrase "flatten the curve" has lept into our lexicon, from epidemiological obscurity into household name almost overnight. The timeline…
How Does Coronavirus Coverage Volume Stack Up Against Ebola And Zika?
The timeline below shows the percentage of airtime by week since 2009 on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News using data…
Mentions Of "Normal" Surging
The word "normal" has become the word of the past two months as mentions have surged nearly vertically. Usage ranges…
Stream Processing In The Cloud At Google Scale
Google's BigQuery platform is capable of brute-forcing its way through datasets with phenomenal speed. Performing a simple LIKE scan of…
A New Global Dataset For Exploring The Coronavirus Narrative In Worldwide English Online News
How is the world's news media covering the Coronavirus pandemic? Building on the massive television news narratives dataset we released…
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…
The Impact Of News Exposure On Collective Attention In The United States During The 2016 Zika Epidemic
Researchers Michele Tizzoni, André Panisson, Daniela Paolotti and Ciro Cattuto use the Television Explorer and Global Knowledge Graph to explore…
Aspectum: Here's How GIS Tackles Conflicts, Crises, And Fake News
Aspectum created an interactive geographic visualization of co-mentions of geographic locations in China and the US since December 2019 to…
A New Dataset For Exploring The Coronavirus Narrative On Television News
UPDATE 3/20/2020: This dataset has been vastly expanded and is now updating daily. How are television news stations…
'Social Distancing' Is The New Coronavirus Buzzword
The phrase "social distancing" has lept from epidemiological obscurity to household name over the past 30 days as the Coronavirus…
i24News: Is The Media Making The Coronavirus Crisis Worse By Fueling The Panic?
Kalev appeared on i24News English today to talk about his RealClearPolitics analysis of Coronavirus media coverage. View The Video.
WashPost: The Two Reasons Administration Officials And Trump Allies Are Linking The Coronavirus To China
The Washington Post's Philip Bump looks at how the media are framing Covid-19's origins. Read The Full Article.
Towards Data Science: Who Won Super Tuesday’s Media Coverage. Based On Data
A look at Super Tuesday through the Campaign 2020 Media Dashboard. Read The Full Article.
Big Think: Who's Profiting Most From The Coronavirus Outbreak?
Big Think uses data from the TV Explorer to examine the financial impact of the Coronavirus. Read The Full Article.
Coronavirus Coverage Levels Off At New Peak
Global news coverage of the Coronavirus outbreak has followed the standard epidemic coverage curve, with a late peak around Jan…