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Debating Glyphosate: A Macro Perspective On The Role Of Strategic Communication In Forming And Monitoring A Global Issue Arena Using Inductive Topic Modelling

This analysis explores news coverage of glyphosate: Stakeholders debate issues of public interest in global online issue arenas, but political…

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The Climate Crisis Is Displaced By Covid-19 Coverage

Climate change had largely faded from television news by late 2017, but came roaring back by the following Fall and…

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Fauci Back On Television News

Anthony Fauci has come roaring back onto television news since the George Floyd protests, hitting the highest point of his…

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New Television Explorer Visual Styling Live

We're excited to announce that the new visual styling for Television Explorer's graphs are now live! View The Television Explorer.

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Upgraded Visual Styling For Television Explorer Graphs

We're excited to announce that in the next few days a new visual look-and-feel will be coming to the Television…

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Mentions Of Covid-19 Deaths Aren’t Surging On Television News

Concern over the mortality rate of Covid-19 increased on television news in early April, though began to fade by early…

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George Floyd Protests Dimmed Mentions Of “Social Distancing”

The phrase “social distancing” was once everywhere on the news, but after disappearing during the crowded George Floyd protests, the…

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We’ve Stopped Talking About “Flattening The Curve”

The concept of “flattening the curve” was once a guiding principle of Covid-19 mitigation, but disappeared during the George Floyd…

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Television News Shifts Attention From Vaccines

The timeline below shows the number of vaccination on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News by day since the start of…

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Television News Coverage Of “Reopening” Fades

From mid-April until the George Floyd protests, television news ran a steady daily drumbeat of “reopening” coverage. That coverage disappeared…

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Biden Coverage Continues To Grow While Trump’s Star Wanes

Slowly but surely, Joe Biden is garnering a growing number of mentions on television news as the media turns more…

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WashPost: Person Focuses Every Woman And Man In America On His Mental Abilities Via Camera, TV

The Washington Post's Philip Bump explores media coverage of Trump and Biden's mental health, among other topics. Read The Full…

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Online Monitoring of Global Attitudes Towards Wildlife

Human factors are increasingly recognised as central to conservation of biodiversity. Despite this, there are no existing systematic efforts to…

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Television News Never Emphasized “Herd Immunity”

The concept of “herd immunity” first entered the television news lexicon on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News in mid-March, fading…

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"Reopening" Returning To The News

After a hiatus during the George Floyd protests, the concept of "reopening" is returning to television news, though not nearly…

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"Social Distancing" Mentions Remain Flat

The George Floyd protests displaced discussion of "social distancing" and mentions have largely leveled off after a brief recovery. Live…

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Mentions Of "Flattening The Curve" Flatten Out

Mentions of "flattening the curve" have largely faded in the aftermath of the George Floyd protests. Live Version.

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"Herd Immunity" Never Picked Up On Television News

Mentions of "herd immunity" never really picked up on television news. Live Version.

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Twitter Hacking Exposes More Than One Company's Vulnerability

On Wednesday the world was reminded just how precarious and fragile our modern centralized web has become when a Twitter…

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Social Media Censors Government – Muzzling Democracy Itself

After years of enforcing their “community guidelines” and “acceptable speech” rules against the general public, this has been the year…

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A Look At Some Of The First Television News Coverage Of The Covid-19 Outbreak

Before it was known as Covid-19 or even just a "coronavirus", the viral outbreak that would go on to become…

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DataBricks: How To Extract Market Drivers At Scale Using Alternative Data

An analysis of Impossible Meat news coverage using NLP of GDELT coverage. Read The Full Article.

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AGILE 2020: Tracking Hurricane Dorian In GDELT And Twitter

This paper by researchers at the University of Florida and George Mason University published in the Proceedings of the 23rd…

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Bloomberg News Among First To Cover Covid-19 Pandemic

Bloomberg news was among the first channels to report on the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. On Jan. 5…