The Media Poll

From xx609@prairienet.org Sat Mar 29 08:27:23 1997 Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 00:09:00 -0600 (CST) From: Media Poll <xx609@prairienet.org> To: ftp@etext.org Subject: The Media Poll - No. 5 _______________________________________________________ THE MEDIA POLL Number 5 March 28, 1997 _______________________________________________________ By John Marcus Featuring: -YOU HEARD IT THERE FIRST: "In Your Face" -POPULAR ARTS IN REVIEW: Luscious Wayne -REVISITING THE GRAMMYS ("Do We Have To?") -------------------------------------------- [To receive The Media Poll by email, request a free subscription at xx609@prairienet.org] YOU HEARD IT THERE ...

From xx609@prairienet.org Sun Feb 23 09:41:16 1997 Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 01:05:52 -0600 (CST) From: Media Poll <xx609@prairienet.org> To: ftp@etext.org Subject: The Media Poll - No. 4 _______________________________________________________ THE MEDIA POLL Number 4 February 23, 1997 _______________________________________________________ By John Marcus Featuring: -YOU HEARD IT THERE FIRST: Yuppie Must Die -THE MEDIA POLL 10: Pop Go the Grammys -POPULAR ARTS IN REVIEW: Tricky in the Head -------------------------------------------- [To receive The Media Poll by email, request a free subscription at xx609@prairienet.org] YOU HEARD IT TH...

From xx609@prairienet.org Thu Jan 30 12:42:05 1997 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:34:09 -0600 (CST) From: Media Poll <xx609@prairienet.org> To: ftp@etext.org Subject: The Media Poll - No. 3 _______________________________________________________ THE MEDIA POLL Number 3 January 30, 1997 _______________________________________________________ By John Marcus Featuring: -NET COVERAGE: THE UNHOLY TRYST OF CONVENIENCE -THE MEDIA POLL 10: GENERIC CELEBRITIES -------------------------------------------- [To receive The Media Poll by email, request a free subscription at xx609@prairienet.org] NET COVERAGE: THE UNHOLY TRYST This week's "poll" was p...

_______________________________________________________ THE MEDIA POLL Number 2 January 10, 1997 _______________________________________________________ By John Marcus "Oh God--it's not just a one-off. . . ." Featuring: -LENO VS. LETTERMAN: DOES NEWS COVERAGE EQUAL RATINGS? -POPULAR ARTS IN REVIEW: TELEVISION: THE DEATH OF SUSAN Plus: -YOU HEARD IT THERE FIRST: FUTBOL MAMAS *and* -THE MEDIA POLL 10: U.S. POLITICIANS -------------------------------------------- LENO VS. LETTERMAN: DOES NEWS COVERAGE EQUAL RATINGS? HOUSEHOLDS, EYEBALLS, BOX OFFICE, bums on seats,=20 mindshare. Isn't the entertainment industry eloquent=20 when it comes to m...

_______________________________________________________ THE MEDIA POLL Number 1 January 1, 1997 _______________________________________________________ By John Marcus MEDIA POLL uses online news databases to measure media trends, coverage of current events, and the news organizations that cover them. The Media Poll delves deep into the data warehouses of vast, electronic news archives, presses a few buttons and throws a few switches, and then steps back--ultimately attempting to make sense of the "findings," whether any sense is there to be made or not. Sometimes, the "findings" just speak for themselves. CUMULATIVE AFFLICTION This week'...