Media Coverage of Health Care Reform
Summary of Findings This joint project of the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Columbia Journalism Review tracked the volume and tone of press...
View ArticleA Content Analysis: International News Coverage Fits Public’s Ameri-Centric Mood
Report Summary A new study suggests that the way the media covers international news may be doing little to change the American public’s indifference to concerns about world events and foreign policy....
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Top Stories of 2009: Economy, Obama and Health Care
Summary of Findings The troubled economy and efforts to revamp the nation’s health care system dominated the public’s news interest in 2009. From the year’s start, Americans kept a close watch on the...
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Top Stories of 2010: Haiti Earthquake, Gulf Oil Spill
Summary of Findings Two major disasters – the earthquake in Haiti and the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico – captured the public’s attention more than any other major stories in 2010, but Americans also...
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Public’s Top Stories of the Decade – 9/11 and Katrina
Summary of Findings The 9/11 terrorist attacks drew more public interest than any other story in the past decade. In October 2001, a month after the attacks, 78% said they were following news about the...
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Press Coverage and Public Interest: Matches and Mismatches
Summary of Findings A series of major breaking stories captured the attention of both the public and the media in 2010, while news about the nation’s struggling economy consistently attracted high...
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Election, Tragedies Dominate Top Stories of 2012
The public’s news interests were very much focused on domestic developments this year, with the election outcome, last week’s horrific school shooting and Hurricane Sandy leading the list of the top...
View ArticleTimeline: Top News Stories of 2012
Here’s a look at the public’s top 15 news stories of 2012, according to Pew Research Center’s News Interest Index.
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