http://politicosphere.net Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:06:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Looking back at the ruckus following the Nobel Peace Prize award to President Obama, the reactions are fascinating to observe on both sides of the “aisle” of the politicosphere. With a little bit of tweaking (removing query words, adding weight to the most frequent words in the title etc.) here are ... http://politicosphere.net/2009/10/18/nobel-peace-prize-it%e2%80%99s-all-in-the-clouds/ Will Charlie Rangel become an “albatross around the neck of House incumbents next year” as Marc Ambinder wrote in The Atlantic? Are bloggers up in arms over the Chairman’s alleged corruption charges? Not so much it seems, according to our data. In spite of the seriousness of the allegations, and ... http://politicosphere.net/2009/10/09/the-week-in-review-no-rangel-gate-on-the-web/ It’s been a busy week in the politicosphere, with heavy coverage and discussions about three prominent news topics: the war in Afghanistan and the need for more troops, the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council resolution, and the perennial health care reform debate. [caption id="attachment_160" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="News Trends - ... http://politicosphere.net/2009/09/27/weekly-round-up-what%e2%80%99s-news-to-whom/ A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times dedicated a very clear and concise article to the ambitious research spearheaded by Jon Kleinberg of Cornell University on “Meme-tracking and the Dynamics of the News Cycle”. The research team “studied the news cycle by looking for repeated phrases and tracking ... http://politicosphere.net/2009/07/30/meme-tracking-and-news-breaking-visualizing-the-news-cycle/ Last week, President Obama sat on a conference call with a handful of progressive bloggers to urge them to remain vigilant and active in the current battle for health care reform. "I know the blogs are best at debunking myths that can slip through a lot of the traditional media ... http://politicosphere.net/2009/07/27/conservative-bloggers-dominating-the-health-care-debate-online/ Following the publication of our updated map of the political web, and in response to some questions we've received, here's a top 5 list of conservative and progressive blogs excerpted from this dataset. loadRtgiVerbatims('12','Top 5 progressive blogs within the politicosphere','blogs sorted by lf Score','1','335px','', 'widget.rtgi.eu'); loadRtgiVerbatims('13','Top 5 conservative blogs within the politicosphere','blogs ... http://politicosphere.net/2009/06/30/top-5-conservative-and-progressive-blogs-in-the-politicosphere/ If you have been paying attention to the health care reform debate, you may have seen the "obamacare" expression creep up in headlines and blog posts...depending on which sites you have been reading. The graph below is a screenshot from linkfluence's "linkscape" dashboard, showing the progressive growth of content mentioning obamacare. ... http://politicosphere.net/2009/06/29/obamacare-chatter-brewing-on-the-web/ Politicosphere.net follows in the footsteps of PresidentialWatch08.com, a site created in 2008 to map the US political web and keep tab on the online pulse of the election. The election has come and gone, but the political web remains more vibrant than ever. The charts, feeding off of a large ... http://politicosphere.net/2009/06/29/introducing-politicosphere-net/