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Americans Say Jackson's Death and Woods' Affairs Received Excessive Media Coverage


Majority reported Prince William's engagement and WikiLeaks are receiving appropriate coverage

Flemington, NJ, December 20, 2010 – A new national media study among 1,312 Americans revealed that the majority of respondents indicated that Michael Jackson’s death and Tiger Woods’ affairs have received too much media coverage compared to other events, such as WikiLeaks, Prince William’s engagement, the ground zero Mosque/Community Center and the trapped Chilean miners.

The study was conducted by HCD Research and reported on its MediaCurves.com® website during December 14-16, to obtain Americans’ perceptions of recent and past media events with regard to the amount of media coverage they received. 

While the majority of respondents (63%) reported that Michael Jackson’s death received too much media coverage, a greater majority (81%) reported that the Tiger Woods’ affairs received too much coverage. Among the recent media topics, the majority of respondents (63%) indicated that Prince William’s engagement was receiving the appropriate coverage, and the majority of respondents (67%) also reported that WikiLeaks was receiving the appropriate coverage.

 

Too much Coverage

Appropriate Coverage

Not Enough Coverage

Tiger Woods Affairs

81%

17%

2%

Death of Michael Jackson

63%

36%

2%

Governor Stanford

36%

57%

6%

Prince William’s Engagement

33%

63%

4%

NYC Mosque/Community Center

27%

51%

22%

Death of Gary Coleman

24%

67%

10%

Gulf Oil Spill

17%

61%

23%

WikiLeaks

15%

67%

18%

Trapped Miners in Chile

14%

78%

9%

U.S Economic Recession

14%

58%

28%

2010 World Cup

12%

75%

13%

September 11th Attack

12%

71%

19%

Elizabeth Edwards

11%

77%

13%

Earthquake in Haiti

10%

71%

19%

Bernie Madoff Coverage

7%

79%

14%

Iranian Election Demonstrations

7%

61%

33%

Indian Ocean Tsunami

3%

79%

18%

Death of Farrah Fawcett

5%

56%

39%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Editors/Reporters: For more information on the study, or to speak with Glenn Kessler, president and CEO, HCD Research, please contact Vince McGourty, HCD Research, at (908) 483-9121 or (vince.mcgourty@hcdi.net).  You can also receive updates from MediaCurves.com by following us on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/mediacurves and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flemington-NJ/MediaCurves/86691908820

HCD Research is a marketing and communications research company headquartered in Flemington, NJ.  The company's services include traditional and web-based research.  For additional information on HCD Research, access the company’s web site at www.hcdi.net or call HCD Research at 908-788-9393.  MediaCurves.com® (www.mediacurves.com) is a media measurement website that provides the media and general public with a venue to view Americans’ perceptions of popular and controversial media events and advertisements.

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RE: Media Events December 2010
by slong325 (User #206873) on Friday, December 17, 2010 @ 12:34:28 PM (#6341)
media coverage is sometimes so inaccurate that one doesn't care to engage in it
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RE: Media Events December 2010
by Kurtnurse (User #246961) on Friday, December 17, 2010 @ 12:34:28 PM (#6342)
Media is focused on wrong issues!
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RE: Media Events December 2010
by dreric1 (User #216869) on Friday, December 17, 2010 @ 12:34:28 PM (#6343)
the mioners was just a nice piece in a world of woeful tales
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RE: Media Events December 2010
by robtwmark (User #244891) on Friday, December 17, 2010 @ 12:34:28 PM (#6344)
Too much US news reporting is based on ratings and entertainment. Our news model is very poor next to, for instance the BBC. Public radio and TV give the best American news.
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RE: Media Events December 2010
by nwtony (User #204254) on Friday, December 17, 2010 @ 12:34:28 PM (#6345)
The media tends to blow things out of proportion. What people (even celebrities or sports figures) do in their own lives isn't ment for media foder. The media should live by the simple rule of "What part of my life do I want published for the world to see" and then make their decision based on what they want to share with the world...
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RE: Media Events December 2010
by jasper2012 (User #259662) on Thursday, January 12, 2012 @ 10:25:09 PM (#7229)
this is very nice information and very useful for me...Thanks for sharing...


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