Egypt & The Media

     The conflict in Egypt has been prominent in many news outlet's top stories of the last couple of weeks.  According to the News Coverage Index, conducted by Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, Egypt was 56 percent of mainstream media coverage during the weeks of January 24 and January 31.  According to the Index, "Not only was that easily the biggest overseas story in a single week since PEJ began its News Coverage Index in January 2007.  It registered as the fourth-biggest story of any kind-trailing only two weeks in the 2008 presidential campaign and the aftermath of the January 8, 2011 Tucson shooting spree."

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     During the week of January 31, the story was also prominent in non-traditional types of media, such as blogs.  57 percent of the links in the blog-verse were recorded as about the conflict in Egypt. This outlet of blogs gave consumers a plethora of information as well as links to learn everything they wanted to know about the conflict.  The consumers did not necessarily have to go to the traditional news source, such as television or newspapers.
     These blogs gave readers an outlet to discuss the conflict and a chance to express their opinions on how the conflict was being covered in the media.  This shows that readers are not only using traditional news sources to get their news about international conflicts, they are also turning to the world of blogging, which has been becoming more and more prominent.