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To a large degree, Mitt Romney’s coverage in the news media reflected a simple narrative: He does not inspire tremendous passion or excitement with Republican voters but he has always been considered viable. That narrative has been sizable in quantity, consistent over time, and evenly divided. Overall, Romney was the second most-covered candidate. And the […]
Barack Obama was elected president in 2008 in large part because of the overwhelming support he received from young people. And in early 2012 matchups, Obama holds substantial leads among Millennials over both Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. However, since early in his presidency, Obama’s job approval rating has fallen substantially across all age cohorts, […]
Since July 1, however, Paul has moved up slightly, generating more coverage than Gingrich. The tone of Paul’s coverage was fairly divided. It resembled the coverage of another candidate whose chances were treated in the press as slim, Jon Huntsman. In all, 21% of the coverage of Paul was positive, 17% negative and 62% neutral. […]
If it weren’t for the fact that he got significantly less coverage, Rick Perry would have had an even worse week in the broad cross section of news coverage than Cain. From October 31-November 6, only 20% of the assertions about Perry were positive compared with 41% negative and 39% neutral. Perry however, was far […]
After several weeks of attracting modest attention, the protests in New York and beyond emerged as a major newsmaker last week. Meanwhile, 2012 campaign coverage reached its high point to date, a high-profile murder case was resolved, and a world infatuated with Apple technology mourned the death of the man behind it all.
Tensions drove Occupy Wall Street coverage to its biggest week so far and an interview with Jerry Sandusky ushered in a second week of major coverage of Penn State’s sexual abuse scandal.
Introduction Having apps and using apps are not synonymous. In May 2010, Pew Internet data showed that among adults with apps on their phones, only about two-thirds (68%) reported actually using them. Overall, that meant that while 35% of U.S. adults had apps on their phone, just 24% of adults actually used them. The current […]