Fewer Speaker Changes On CNN During Covid-19
One of the metrics we track in the Visual Global Entity Graph (VGEG) 2.0 using Google's Cloud Video API to analyze…
Shot Changes Stabilize On CNN In Covid-19 Era
One of the metrics we track in the Visual Global Entity Graph (VGEG) 2.0 using Google's Cloud Video API to…
Daily Onscreen Text Increasing In Covid-19 Era
Since January 25th, we've used Google's Cloud Video API to nonconsumptively analyze CNN's daily airtime in collaboration with the Internet…
Tracing "I/Me" Versus "Us/We" Pronoun Use On Television News
Has the election of Donald Trump or the Covid-19 pandemic changed the very pronouns that television news uses? Last year…
We're Talking Less And Less About "The Elderly" And Covid-19
As Covid-19 spread to the US, an early narrative from public health officials was that it affected primarily "the elderly"…
WashPost: Trump And Fox Went All-In On A Coronavirus Silver Bullet. But Maybe The Wrong One
The Washington Post's Philip Bump looks at Fox News coverage of several Covid-19 "cures" touted by the White House. Read…
"Due Process" Surges On TV News From 2017 With Fox Taking The Lead
Mentions of the phrase "due process" were fairly minimal on television news until November 2017 and have remained elevated ever…
Biden Allegations Getting Little Television News Attention Outside Fox
Since becoming a household name in 2017, the phrase "MeToo" has largely faded from television news coverage. Live Version. Over…
Opioid Epidemic Gets Fraction Of Coverage Of Covid-19 Despite Higher Death Count
During 2017 alone more than 47,600 Americans died from the opioid epidemic, yet despite this, it received just 16,972 mentions…
MSNBC Mentioning Covid-19 Less Than CNN And Fox News
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal noted that CNN and Fox News' ratings have increased sharply during the Covid-19…
Opioid Epidemic Fading From The News
The opioid epidemic was America's major public health epidemic of the last five years, but began fading in May 2018…
Computer Imagery And Infographics Increase On CNN
Airtime on CNN depicting "screenshot" or "graphics" or "graphic design" or "screen", all of which typically proxy imagery from video…
Medical Imagery Increases On CNN
Airtime depicting "hospital" or "medical" or "medical equipment" has steadily increased on CNN, beginning slowly around Feb. 23, increasing more…
Images Of Crowds Fade Away On CNN
In this unprecedented era of "social distancing", the very imagery of television news is changing. The timeline below shows the…
Newscasters Make Up Steady Percent Of CNN Since Mid-March
The combination of switching to remote video interviews (which feature speakers in a newsroom-like "talking head" configuration), an increased focus…
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…