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Mapping The Global Free Trade Network Through News Coverage Using BigQuery + Gephi
Last year BBVA showcased creating a global network of countries co-occurring in coverage relating to trade wars. Such powerful visualizations…
The Making Of The 'Trump Is' Analysis
For those interested in applying today's 'Trump Is…" analysis (in which every mention of "trump is" on CNN, MSNBC and…
'Trump Is …' — News Channel Descriptions Since 2015
As Democratic impeachment fervor continues to grow on Capitol Hill, the media’s descriptions of Donald Trump have become ever more…
We're Talking A Lot More About Journalists And 'The Media' Since Trump's Election
The election of Donald Trump has caused a surge in discussion of the "news media" but not all words are…
Mentions Of 'Under The Bus' Increase Slightly
The phrase thrown "under the bus" has emerged lately as a popular catchphrase, with even the Wall Street Journal's Ben…
Elizabeth Warren Coverage Emphasizes 'Medicare For All' Over 'Inequality'
Elizabeth Warren has been in the news this month over her taxation plans, but it is her "Medicare For All"…
The Media Trajectory Of A Presidency: 'Obama' Vs 'Obama Is/Was' Versus 'Obama Is'
How does media coverage of a two-term president evolve from their first term to their second term to their post-office…
Trump's Election Ushered In 'Elitism' – But Only On Fox News
The election of Donald Trump caused a surge in mentions of "elitism" – but only on Fox News, while MSNBC…
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…
When Did The Media Start Covering The Opioid Epidemic?
The opiod epidemic first attracted substantial media attention in early 2016, peaking in 2017 and declining towards the beginning of…
When Did 'Microaggressions' Enter The Media Discourse?
The term "microaggressions" appears to have first entered the television news landscape in January – February 2014 and have been…
How Much Media Attention Are 'The Squad' Really Getting?
"The Squad" have emerged as a mediagenic face of the Democratic party, but how much attention are they really getting?…
WashPost: What You Learned About The Impeachment Hearing Depended On What Channel You Watched
The Washington Post's Philip Bump traces how impeachment coverage differed by channel. Read The Full Article.
Visualizing Eight Years Of Twitter's Evolution: 2012-2019
Earlier this year we explored in depth Twitter's evolution from 2012 to 2018. Many of you have asked how Twitter…
How 'Quid Pro Quo' Is Being Covered In The Media
The phrase "quid pro quo" leapt into the popular lexicon in September with the Ukraine story. Over the past decade…
'Us' vs. 'Them': Media's Pronouns Have Changed Post-Mueller
The media increasingly lament a “divided” and ever-more “partisan” nation, with television news mentions of such words surging since the…
Assessing 'Ourside' Language And In-Group/Out-Group Dynamics On Twitter
How does in-group and out-group language use on Twitter compare with the strong trends found on television news? The timeline…
The Hong Kong Protests Are Receiving A Quarter Of The Coverage Of Climate Change
Despite reaching a national crisis point, the Hong Kong protests receive on a typical day just a quarter of the…
Inequality And Wealth Coverage Eclipses Climate Change
For all the wall-to-wall coverage of climate change protests, rumblings of Nobel Prizes and a steady stream of other awards…
We're Talking Less About Wealth And Inequality Than We Did During The Recession
For all the political discussion today about inequality and the widening income disparity between the rich and the rest of…
ISIS Is Getting Less And Less Media Coverage
The Islamic State / ISIS shot to media fame starting in June 2014, but since the end of 2017 has…
Using Google's Cloud Inference API To Explore The Natural Language API’s Annotations Of 100 Million News Articles
Last month we unveiled the Global Entity Graph (GEG), a massive dataset of more than 11 billion entity annotations over…
'Women' Have Been Mentioned More Than 'Men' In The News Since Fall 2011
From the July 2009 start of the TV data through Fall 2011, the word "women" was mentioned around 10% more…
Tracing The History Of The Phrase 'Ratioed'
The term "ratioed" has slowly entered the digital lexicon, but when did it first rise to prominence? The timeline below…