Comments on: The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trinidad » Blog Archives » Cross-sectional analysis of adverse outcomes in 1029 pregnancies of Afro-Caribbean women in Trinidad with and without sy... http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/comment-page-1/#comment-664341 Trinidad » Blog Archives » Cross-sectional analysis of adverse outcomes in 1029 pregnancies of Afro-Caribbean women in Trinidad with and without sy... Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:07:56 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/#comment-664341 [...] The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney Indulge me for a moment here while I play with a hairbrained experiment. Stephen King’s recent Q&A with Time Magazine’s Gilbert Cruz is getting a good deal of attention on Reddit and other meme-ranking sites, mostly for his suggestion that CNN try a different approach to connecting hard and soft … [...] [...] The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney Indulge me for a moment here while I play with a hairbrained experiment. Stephen King’s recent Q&A with Time Magazine’s Gilbert Cruz is getting a good deal of attention on Reddit and other meme-ranking sites, mostly for his suggestion that CNN try a different approach to connecting hard and soft … [...]

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » The angry ant farmers, and other stories you might have missed http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/comment-page-1/#comment-663350 …My heart’s in Accra » The angry ant farmers, and other stories you might have missed Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:37:47 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/#comment-663350 [...] Global Voices has been swamped with comments this past week, and has seen a surge in traffic. What’s the issue that’s got everyone speaking out? The Israel-Palestine peace talks in Annapolis? Emergency rule in Pakistan? Britney Spears’s plan to invade Uganda? [...] [...] Global Voices has been swamped with comments this past week, and has seen a surge in traffic. What’s the issue that’s got everyone speaking out? The Israel-Palestine peace talks in Annapolis? Emergency rule in Pakistan? Britney Spears’s plan to invade Uganda? [...]

]]> By: Don Marti http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/comment-page-1/#comment-661278 Don Marti Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:48:13 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/#comment-661278 Another place to get a canonical list of celebrities (at least from the US point of view) might be the People Magazine photo feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/people/photos Another place to get a canonical list of celebrities (at least from the US point of view) might be the People Magazine photo feed:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/people/photos

]]> By: James Page http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/comment-page-1/#comment-661204 James Page Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:10:52 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/#comment-661204 There are two problems with these sorts of study in that they count pages and not the value of mention. A story on the front page is worth far more than a mention on a page 26...Also it take into no account of page hits. Is there a way of correcting for these bias? Could you use find out the page hits for these sites and then use that as way of correcting some of the bias. Also how do treat agency stories? On the celeb count there are lists... You could use MOMB . To get list of actors/actress... You could also spider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_socialites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Socialites_by_nationality For British , German etc... Does that cover the celebs... Socialites + Actors There are two problems with these sorts of study in that they count pages and not the value of mention. A story on the front page is worth far more than a mention on a page 26…Also it take into no account of page hits.

Is there a way of correcting for these bias? Could you use find out the page hits for these sites and then use that as way of correcting some of the bias.

Also how do treat agency stories?

On the celeb count there are lists… You could use MOMB . To get list of actors/actress…

You could also spider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_socialites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Socialites_by_nationality
For British , German etc…

Does that cover the celebs… Socialites + Actors

]]> By: Kenya » Blog Archives » Kenya: Wheat Flour, Bread Prices Surge to New Record High http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/comment-page-1/#comment-660225 Kenya » Blog Archives » Kenya: Wheat Flour, Bread Prices Surge to New Record High Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:46:55 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/#comment-660225 [...] The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney Indulge me for a moment here while I play with a hairbrained experiment. Stephen King’s recent Q&A with Time Magazine’s Gilbert Cruz is getting a good deal of attention on Reddit and other meme-ranking sites, mostly for his suggestion that CNN try a different approach to connecting hard and soft … [...] [...] The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney Indulge me for a moment here while I play with a hairbrained experiment. Stephen King’s recent Q&A with Time Magazine’s Gilbert Cruz is getting a good deal of attention on Reddit and other meme-ranking sites, mostly for his suggestion that CNN try a different approach to connecting hard and soft … [...]

]]> By: Vietnam » Blog Archives » The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/comment-page-1/#comment-660223 Vietnam » Blog Archives » The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:45:27 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/#comment-660223 [...] The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney Indulge me for a moment here while I play with a hairbrained experiment. Stephen King’s recent Q&A with Time Magazine’s Gilbert Cruz is getting a good deal of attention on Reddit and other meme-ranking sites, mostly for his suggestion that CNN try a different approach to connecting hard and soft … [...] [...] The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney Indulge me for a moment here while I play with a hairbrained experiment. Stephen King’s recent Q&A with Time Magazine’s Gilbert Cruz is getting a good deal of attention on Reddit and other meme-ranking sites, mostly for his suggestion that CNN try a different approach to connecting hard and soft … [...]

]]> By: Ethiopia » Blog Archives » Black-and-white colobus screaming in a tree. http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/comment-page-1/#comment-660210 Ethiopia » Blog Archives » Black-and-white colobus screaming in a tree. Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:43:08 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/#comment-660210 [...] The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney Indulge me for a moment here while I play with a hairbrained experiment. Stephen King’s recent Q&A with Time Magazine’s Gilbert Cruz is getting a good deal of attention on Reddit and other meme-ranking sites, mostly for his suggestion that CNN try a different approach to connecting hard and soft … [...] [...] The People’s Democratic Republic of Britney Indulge me for a moment here while I play with a hairbrained experiment. Stephen King’s recent Q&A with Time Magazine’s Gilbert Cruz is getting a good deal of attention on Reddit and other meme-ranking sites, mostly for his suggestion that CNN try a different approach to connecting hard and soft … [...]

]]> By: tony sheng http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/comment-page-1/#comment-657825 tony sheng Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:33:14 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/26/the-peoples-democratic-republic-of-britney/#comment-657825 maybe a random sampling from tmz.com? funny post, love to see the results... maybe a random sampling from tmz.com?
funny post, love to see the results…

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