Debt Limit Fight Tops News Interest, Coverage
Public Sees Debt Debate as Important, Hard to Understand
Weekly News Interest Index
The News Interest Index is an ongoing project of the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press which builds on the Center’s longstanding research into public attentiveness to major news stories and examines news interest as it relates to the news media’s agenda.
07.19.11
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07.13.11
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Casey Anthony Verdict Top Story for Public and Social Networkers
No Improvement in Views of Economic News
07.07.11
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Interest in Campaign News On Par With 2007
No Partisan Gap in Attention to Campaign's Early Stage
06.22.11
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Economy, Weiner Top Public’s News Interests
Romney Most Visible GOP Candidate
06.15.11
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Public Focused on Economy, Media on Weiner Scandal
Most See Too Much Coverage of Weiner, Palin
06.08.11
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Number Hearing “Mostly Bad” Economic News Highest Since March 2009
Most Visible Possible GOP Candidates: Romney, Palin
05.25.11
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Public Stays with bin Laden Story; Media Focus Shifts
Most Aware of Schwarzenegger Admission
05.18.11
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Interest in bin Laden Now Tops News Coverage
Economic News Still Viewed as a Mix of Good and Bad
05.11.11
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Death of bin Laden: More Coverage than Interest
Many Say Osama Story Overcovered
04.27.11
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Modest Interest in Run-Up to Royal Wedding
But Many Older Women Plan to Watch
04.20.11
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Trump Most Visible Among Possible GOP Contenders
Most View News about Deficit as Unchanging
04.12.11
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Public Follows Both Japan, Shutdown Fight Closely
Media shifts to Washington Budget Battle
04.06.11
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Public Sees Better News about Jobs, But Not Prices
Japan Disaster Still Dominates Public's News Interest
03.30.11
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Public Stays Focused on Japan as Media Turns to Libya
2011: The Year of Foreign News
03.22.11
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Most Are Attentive to News About Disaster in Japan
Public Focuses on Crisis at Nuclear Plants
03.08.11
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As Gas Prices Spike, More See Economic News as Bad
Most Also Hearing Bad News About Food Prices
03.02.11
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Rising Oil Prices Big News for American Public
Many Tracking Union Fight in Wisconsin, Violence in Libya
02.24.11
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Global Trouble Spots Top Public’s News Interests
Strong Focus on Asia, Less Interest in Europe
02.23.11
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Public Still Focused on Egypt as Coverage Fades
Many Keep Watch on State, Federal Budget Debates
02.16.11
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Interest in Egypt News Surges as Mubarak Departs
2012 Campaign Off to a Slow Start
02.09.11
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Public Now More Focused on Egypt, but Coverage Far Surpasses Interest
Most Hearing Bad News about Gas Prices
02.01.11
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Limited Public Interest in Egyptian Protests
Turmoil Draws Extensive Media Coverage
01.26.11
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Tucson Rampage Still Top Story for Public
Hu Jintao's Visit Draws Far More Coverage than Interest
01.24.11
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Most Intend to Watch Obama’s State of the Union
Speech Not Seen as More Important than Past Addresses
01.18.11
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Arizona Rampage Dominates Public’s News Interest
Bipartisan Praise for Obama Memorial Speech
01.12.11
Weekly News Interest Index
Economic News Seen as Less Negative
High Early Interest in Giffords Shooting
