'New Media' Makes a bit of a Comebank

Mining the term "new media" from The Wall Street Journal over the past seven years shows that it was mentioned more frequently in 2006 than at any point since the end of the dotcom era. Note the decrease in the term "dotcom" over the same period.

Hillary gets more mentions than Anna Nicole - barely

Do you think Hillary Clinton's people see it as a victory that they edged out Anna Nicole Smith or a defeat that they just barely edged her out?

I just don't get tired of fun with text mining.

(Note: This is a continuing feature of Factiva Insight's text mining results being run in The Wall Street Journal.)

Spell Checking the Media

This is another example of a fun use of text mining -- run by The Wall Street Journal sourced from Factiva Insight

Top Cliches of 2006 - from Factiva Insight

The Wall Street Journal ran what's become known around here as the "Factiva Cliche Index" today. (And lest you're wondering, just because Dow Jones now fully owns both brands doesn't mean we Factiva folk can walk right over to the editors and say "run this." Not that it hurts to be in the same building, or anything.)

Bottom line, this is a great example of text mining put to use to give information that single searches can't do. Clichés might be a fun example, but look for more hard-hitting ones coming soon.