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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…
Tracking Economic Uncertainty Through News Homepage Links
Economic Uncertainty is typically measured through analyzing the fulltext of news articles or television captioning and can offer fascinating insights…
Economic Policy Uncertainty Is Driving Economic Uncertainty In The Era Of Trump
Updated 12:35PM – Steven Davis pointed out that on an annualized basis the EPU/EU ratio has actually climbed considerably over…
We Haven't Mentioned The Deficit Since The Start Of Obama's Second Term
Once a major political issue, the deficit has faded into oblivion, rarely spoken of in the news since the beginning…
Inflation Is Back In The News – At Least On Fox News
After all but disappearing from the news by 2014, inflation is slowing creeping back into the news, at least on…
A 2020 Staple, Healthcare Isn't Gaining Media Traction
Despite being a dominant theme of the Democratic 2020 slate and dominating the debates, healthcare has received little media attention…
How Hurricane Dorian's Media Trajectory Differed Between TV And Online News
In 2015 we showed that most natural disasters follow a fixed mathematical trajectory through the news media. However, both of…
Except For Fox News We're Not Talking About The Economy Anymore
The timeline below shows the density of coverage on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News 2009-2019 that mentioned the words "economic"…
Fact-Checkers Rely Heavily on Media Reports for 'Truth'
One of the most existential questions regarding the fact-checking landscape is just what constitutes “truth”? When fact-checkers review a claim,…
We're Suddenly Talking About A Downturn
The timeline below shows the density of mentions of the word "downturn" on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News 2009-2019. Live…
Inequality Has Dropped Off The Media's Radar
Inequality may be a 2020 Democratic buzzword but it isn't getting much media attention. The timeline below shows the density…
We Haven't Talked About Debt Since 2013
The debt crisis played a key role in the 2008 financial collapse, but it seems the media has barely mentioned…
Taxation Is Off The Media Agenda
Taxation was at the center of television news coverage 2010-2013 and again 2016-2017, but has largely fallen off the media…
We've Stopped Talking About The Banking Sector
The banking sector played a key role in the 2008 economic crisis, but it seems that despite growing concerns over…
The Four Stages Of TV News Trade Coverage 2009-2019
Trump's presidency has become defined by trade, yet a closer look at television news coverage suggests there have actually been…
We're Starting To Talk About A 'Slowdown' Again
The word "slowdown" is typically used in an economic sense to indicate a stalling economy that is a harbinger of…
New Keynote: The Impact Of 'Deep Fakes' On Communication
Kalev's latest 45-minute keynote takes a pragmatic look at the evolving world of "deep fakes" and tracing responses to other…
Numbers Show How Trump's Tweets Drive the News Cycle
Donald Trump pioneered the modern “Twitter presidency,” in which everything from policy announcements to personal musings of the moment are…
Tracking Economic Uncertainty Through Television News
Economic stability and the minimization of uncertainty plays a critical role in the overall stability and well-being of a nation….
2020 Coverage: After Biden, Also-Ran Order Varies by Channel
Joe Biden reclaimed his spot two weeks ago as the most-covered 2020 Democratic presidential candidate across both television and online…
FiveThirtyEight: Which Democratic Presidential Candidate Was Mentioned Most In The News Last Week?
FiveThirtyEight's latest weekly roundup of the 2020 Democratic race. Read The Full Article.
The Top Newsworthy Twitter Accounts Of 2016-2019
Using the master archive of social media outlinks found in worldwide news coverage monitored by GDELT 2016-2019, a single SQL…
A Timeline Of Global Social Media In The News 2016-2019
Using the new April 20, 2016 – September 7, 2019 historical backfile of social media links found in worldwide news…
Television News Ngram Datasets (TV-NGRAM) Now Available In BigQuery
The Television News Ngram datasets are now available in Google's BigQuery platform, updated every morning, making it possible to perform…