Pew Research Center

New Media Index: Twitter Users Focus on Twitter's Role in Debt Ceiling Agreement - Posted August 12, 2011
The Aug. 2 agreement to raise the debt ceiling for the United States was the subject of the most shared links via Twitter and blogs, but the Twitterverse took a different approach, focusing on the role that Twitter itself played in the process, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Formula 1 TV Deal Starts Twitter's Engines - Posted August 4, 2011
Twitter users rushed to express their displeasure with the deal by the British Broadcasting Corp. and Sky Sports to air Formula 1 auto races, as only one-half of the events will now be on f... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Tweeted Links Surge on U.K. Phone Hacking Scandal - Posted July 29, 2011
The News Corp. News of the World phone hacking scandal marked its ... [SocialTimes.com]

Casey Anthony Top Newsmaker Last Week - Posted July 12, 2011
According to the PEJ, Barack Obama is no match for Casey Anthony. La... [FishbowlNY]

New Media Index: Twitter Users Captivated by Google+ - Posted July 8, 2011
Twitter users were fascinated by the launch of another social network, Google+, while the declaration by Rep. Michele Bachmann... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Twitter Users Focus on Small Businesses Using foursquare - Posted June 10, 2011
The use of location-based mobile app foursquare by small businesses was the topic of the most news links shared via Twitter during the week of May 30-June 3, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism's ... [SocialTimes.com]

PEJ: Bloggers, Facebook, Twitter Favor Israel in 1967 Borders Discussion - Posted May 27, 2011
President Barack Obama's address about the Middle East May 19, in which he suggested that Israel and Palestine revert to their 1967 borders, drew strong reaction on blogs, Twitter, and Facebook, most of it pro-Israel, according to a ... [SocialTimes.com]

Media Undecided About Which Sites People Are Actually Reading - Posted May 23, 2011
The media traffic wars are heated folks. It started, it seems, a couple of weeks ago, when the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study showing that The Drudge Report is a major traffic driver, trumping social networks. ... [PRNewser]

Bin Laden Killed: A News Coverage Record - Posted May 10, 2011
The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism has been tracking mainstream media coverage with its ... [TVNewser]

Drudge Report Still a Significant Traffic Driver to News Sites - Posted May 9, 2011
The Drudge Report may pale in comparison to Google, Facebook, and Twitter when it comes to size and scale, but in terms of driving traffic to news sites, it more than holds its own, according to ... [TVNewser]

New Media Index: Twitter/TweetDeck Speculation Most-Tweeted - Posted April 29, 2011
Swirling rumors of Twitter acquiring third-party client TweetDeck accounted for the most news links shared via Twitter during the week of April 18-22, while the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was Czech Republic President ... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Mashable Infographic Is Most-Tweeted; Bloggers Eye Steve Jobs Biography - Posted April 22, 2011
An infographic from Mashable, The Winners & Losers of Social Networking, was the most-Tweeted news link during the week of April 1... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Google's YouTube Plans Top Twitter - Posted April 15, 2011
Google's announcement that it would spend $100 million to create original programming for its YouTube video site was the subject of 10 percent of news links shared via Twitter, topping th... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: No Dominant Stories on Blogs, Twitter - Posted April 8, 2011
A former death row inmate who won a $14 million from the Supreme Court was the subject of the most shared news links by bloggers, while the new Google +1 service topped the Twitter list, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was a ... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Earthquake, Tsunami in Japan Dominate Twitter; Bloggers Ready for 2012 Presidential Campaign - Posted March 17, 2011
The earthquake and tsunami that victimized Japan March 11 accounted for a whopping 66 percent of Tweeted news links for the week of March 7-11, despite occurring on the last day of the period, while the upcoming 2012 presidential campaign domin... [UnBeige]

New Media Index: Earthquake, Tsunami in Japan Dominate Twitter; Bloggers Ready for 2012 Presidential Campaign - Posted March 17, 2011
The earthquake and tsunami that victimized Japan March 11 accounted for a whopping 66 percent of Tweeted news links for the week of March 7-11, despite occurring on the last day of the period, while the upcoming 2012 presidential campaign domin... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: On, Wisconsin for Bloggers; Twitter Eats Up Apple - Posted March 3, 2011
Bloggers shared the most news links about the labor unrest in Wisconsin, while Apple was the most-Tweeted news subject, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was two Australian news anchors ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Are Budget-Minded, While Tweeters Scan the List of the U.K.'s Elite Tweeters - Posted February 24, 2011
President Barack Obama's $3.73 trillion budget proposal was the subject of the most news links shared by bloggers, while The Independent's list of the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Patriot Act Accounts for Most Shared News Links via Both Blogs, Twitter - Posted February 17, 2011
The House of Representatives vote on whether to extend the Patriot Act was the subject of the most news links shared via both blogs and Twitter during the week of Feb. 7-11, while the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Egypt News Dominates Bloggers' Shared Links - Posted February 10, 2011
The political turmoil in Egypt accounted for 57 percent of news links shared by bloggers during the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 4, while ... [eBookNewser]

New Media Index: A Taxing Problem for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Tops Bloggers' Shared News Links - Posted February 3, 2011
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report his wife's earnings over a five-year period was the subject of the most news links shared via bloggers, while a ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: McCain Op-Ed Praising Obama's Arizona Memorial Speech Was Top News Link Shared by Bloggers - Posted January 27, 2011
An op-ed piece in The Washington Post by Sen. ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Tucson Shooting Dominates Blogs; Google Tops Tight Twitter List - Posted January 20, 2011
The Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., dominated news links shared by bloggers, while new offerings from Google accounted for the most-Tweeted news links, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism's ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Discuss GOP-Led 112th Congress; Apple Remains Apple of Tweeters' Eyes - Posted January 13, 2011
The Republican-controlled 112th Congress was the subject of the most news links shared by bloggers, while the Twitterverse was enthralled with Apple for the second consecutive week, and the most-watched news and politics video on You... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Dwell on the Economy, While Apple Is the Fruit of the Twitterverse - Posted January 6, 2011
The economy was top-of-mind for bloggers during the final week of 2010, while Apple was the apple of the Twitterverse, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was footage of a man who ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: WikiLeaks Maintains Hold on Bloggers; Mashable Lists Tweeted - Posted December 29, 2010
The WikiLeaks controversy continued to dominate news links shared by bloggers during the week of Dec. 20-24, while a ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Top Startup Trends of 2010 - Posted December 28, 2010
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4% of Mobile Users Used Phones to Monitor Election News, Study Finds - Posted December 23, 2010
Eighty-two percent of American adults have cell phones, though just 4 percent of adults used their phones to monitor election results during this past midterm election cycle, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. The number of adults with mobile devices has fluctuated... [TVSpy]

New Media Index: Bloggers Slice Into Tax-Cut Accord; WikiLeaks Dominates Twitter - Posted December 16, 2010
Bloggers shared the most news links about the deal between President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress on tax cuts, while the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Eight Percent of American Internet Users are on Twitter [Study] - Posted December 9, 2010
Pew Research Center has released its first report that looks exclusively at Twitter today, and the results show some interesting demographic and usage patter... [AllTwitter]

New Media Index: Bloggers Tell TSA Not to Touch Their Junk; Twitter Mostly Mashable - Posted December 2, 2010
The new security measures implemented by the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Idea of War with Iran Scares Bloggers; Mashable Dominates Tweeted Links - Posted November 11, 2010
Bloggers fretted the possibility of a war with Iran, while Mashable accounted for all of the five most-Tweeted news articles, as it did during the week of Oct... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

PEJ Study: Bloggers Offer Mixed Verdict on Midterm Elections; Twitter Users Encourage Voting - Posted November 5, 2010
The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released the results of a study titled ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Location-Based Service Users 'Fit Profile of Early Adopter' - Posted November 4, 2010
Pew Research Center found that use of location-based services like Foursquare remains low, with users fitting "the profile of any early adopt... [PRNewser]

New Media Index: Bloggers Sip from Tea Party Cup; Twitter Sends iPhone, HD Video Camera Into Space - Posted October 28, 2010
Bloggers attended a Tea Party during the week of Oct. 18-22, while Tweeters took to the sky with an iPhone and HD video camera, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube featured unidentified flying objects over midtown Manhattan, according to t... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Share Bad News (Economy, Mortgage Crisis); Tweeters Share Good News (Rescue of Chilean Miners) - Posted October 21, 2010
Economic issues, particularly the housing market, topped the list of the most-shared news links by bloggers, while the rescue of the formerly trapped miners from the northern Atacama desert in Chile accounted for the most Tweeted news links, an... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Ponder Midterm Elections; Tweeters Ponder Twitter - Posted October 14, 2010
Bloggers were focused on the upcoming midterm elections during the week of Oct. 4-8, while Twitter users used Twitter to talk about Twitter, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was A fake news video from the Onion News Network saying that ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Find Religion, Tweeters Find Dead Mouse in Their Bread - Posted October 7, 2010
Bloggers lost their religion over a Los Angeles Times story about ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Curl Up with Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars; Tweeters Tweet About Twitter Security Breach - Posted September 30, 2010
Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward's new book about internal debate over the war in Afghanistan within the administration of President ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

PEJ Releases New Study on Media's Coverage of Technology's Affects on Society - Posted September 27, 2010
The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released a new study, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Users of Social Network Twitter Focus on Social Networks, Twitter - Posted September 23, 2010
Four of the five most-shared news links via Twitter were very close to home, involving social media and Twitter itself, while the war in Afghanistan and the death of actor ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Focus on Iraq War - Posted September 16, 2010
The war in Iraq was the subject of the most news links shared by bloggers during the week of Sept. 6-10, while a report on Mashabl... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Study Finds New Media Doesn't Fill Journalism Gap - Posted January 11, 2010
While blogs and social networking sites like Twitter pride themselves on being able to break stories faster than conventional news outlets (as well as often playing the role of citizen watchdogs to the MSM), a new study has found that the actual original reporting produced on the Internet is nowhere close... [FishbowlNY]

Americans' Opinion Of The Media Hits New Low - Posted September 14, 2009
A new Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey, released yesterday, reveals that the American public's opinion of the press's accuracy has reached its lowest level in two decades of Pew surveys. The public's th... [FishbowlNY]

Research Says Number Of Print Readers Is Worse Than Expected - Posted April 20, 2009
As if we didn't know already, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has put together a report of the exact number of people reading news in print. Now, we have to warn you, what you're going to read after the jump is truly harrowing. We say... [MediaJobsDaily]