TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASES
Acquiring and utilizing actionable knowledge are crucial steps in addressing environmental issues, and ensuring that change is conceived and implemented on both regional and society-wide scales. To increase awareness and the availability of environmental information, the Media Watch on Climate Change aggregates, filters and visualizes environmental Web resources. It provides a comprehensive and continuously updated account of online media coverage on climate change.
How do international news media, blogs, the Fortune 1000 and environmental organizations tailor electronic content to fit their political agenda? To answer this question, the US Election 2008 Web Monitor processed hundreds of thousands of documents in weekly intervals. Estimates of attention and sentiment towards the presidential candidates complement keywords to summarize topical trends and identify major issues associated with each candidate.
