| Table 7-2 |
| Traditional media coverage on science and technology, by topic area: 2007–10 |
| (Percent) |
| |
| Year |
Number of
stories |
Science and
technology |
Environment |
Health and
medicine |
| |
| 2007 |
70,737 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
3.6 |
| 2008 |
69,942 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
2.7 |
| 2009 |
68,717 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
8.9 |
| 2010 |
52,613 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
5.0 |
| |
NOTE: Data reflect percentage of news stories in each topic area based on content analysis of coverage by media outlets in five sectors: print, Internet, network TV, cable TV, and radio.
SOURCE: Project for Excellence in Journalism, News Coverage Index, special tabulations (21 March 2011), http://www.journalism.org/about_news_index/methodology, accessed 11 February 2011.
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