MANILA, Philippines - As online media created shared experiences tecrübe out of hakkında news triggered tetiklemek by global dünya çapında and traditional geleneksel media, the Top News Stories of 2010 had the South African World Cup, the iPad Launch, the Rise of China, US Healthcare Reform, and Wikileaks ranking sayılmak the highest.

The list, produced exclusively özellikle; sadece by media analytics and trend tracking takip company Global Language Monitor, was notable dikkate değer for two firsts: "the first time a sporting event tops the list and the first time a product launch piyasaya sürüm contends rekabet etmek for the top spot," a statement said.

"The globe has witnessed şahit the major news sources of the 20th century fragment parça into thousands of micro-focused outlets çıkış in the twenty-first. At the same time, the major global media are playing an ever-more important role when major events occur, as aggregate birleştirmek communities for shared experiences,' Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst of the Global Language Monitor, said in a statement.

"For these reasons we performed two independent bağımsız analyses. The first focused on the number of citations alıntı found over the course yön of the year on the Internet, blogosphere, and social media sites. The second focused on the top 75,000 print and electronic media sites," he explained.

The two analyses were combined birleştirmek to produce the following aşağıdaki; ilerdeki final ranking sıralama:

  • South African World Cup -- The South African World Cup towered yükselmek over all other news stories.
  • iPad - A product launch piyasaya sürüm is the No. 2 worldwide news story!?
  • Rise of China - Top Story of the First Decade of the 21st century, still very strong.
  • Health Care Reform - The debate tartışma over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act continues unabated hafiflememiş.
  • Wikileaks - Not a wiki in the usual sense anlam of 'an open environment which anyone can edit,' the story of revealed institutional kurumsal secrets that will continue to resonate çınlamak well into 2011.
  • Tea Party - The US political movement which emphasizes vurgulamak scaled back government intrusion izinsiz girme, influence and spending.
  • Fall of Obama - His fall is relative bağıntılı to the great heights to which he .
  • Gulf Oil Spill - An unprecedented eşi görülmemiş environmental catastrophe broadcast live around the world via the BP Spillcam.
  • Haitian Earthquake - Hundreds of thousands killed, millions displaced yerinden etmek and the agony ızdırap continues.
  • Political Anger and Rage -Frustration düş kırıklığı in the US and much of the developed world about the financial and political situation.
  • EU Financial Crisis - The economies of Ireland, Portugal, Greece and Spain threaten korkutmak to consume Billions of Euros in bailouts kurtarma (ekonomik olarak).
  • Shanghai Expo - The "Grand Gathering of the World Cultures' was visited by some 70 million in 2010.
  • Growth of Facebook - With 400 million members it now touts çığırtkanlık etmek itself as the fourth largest nation on the planet. However, there is no word of UN membership or plans for a standing army.
  • Pakistan Floods -Garnered kazanmak more attention worldwide than in the US.
  • Scott Brown Election - The turnover devrilme of the 'Kennedy seat' after half a century to this upstart sonradan görme, pickup-driving Republican caused quite a stir.
  • Tiger Woods -Previously önceden notable for the first golfer to earn a billion dollars, the news of his serial infidelities ihanet continues to impact etkilemek the golf world.
  • British coalition government -- David Cameron and Nick Clegg lead a new coalition into power.
  • Chilean Miners - The dramatic saga and rescue of Los 33, provided riveting perçinleme drama (and television) to a world weary yorgun of disheartening ümit kırıcı news.
  • Polish President Killed -- Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and dozens of high government officials died en route giderken to a memorial service honoring the 20,000 Poles who died in the Katyn forest.
  • Global economic restructuring - Also known as the Great Recession durgunluk (piyasa) in the US, but felt worldwide especially among developed Western nations.
  • Vuvuzela - The brightly colored plastic horns boru that caused much consternation şaşkınlık at the South African World Cup.
  • Ground Zero Mosque - Officially known as 45 Park Place, the controversial Islamic center planned a few blocks north of Ground Zero sıfır noktası.
  • Icelandic Volcano - The unpronounceable telaffuz edilemez Eyjafjallajökull volcano that disrupted bozmak air travel over much of Northern Europe.
  • Snowmageddon - The unusually heavy snowfalls that virtually shut down Washington, DC during an exceptionally snowy winter.

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