Virtual maps of the media attention given to different countries by newspapers such as La Croix, The Sun and The Economist, as well as the blogosphere.
Created by Nicolas Kayser-Bril, you can find hi-res versions at L'observatoire des medias.
Kayser-Brill notes trends:
First, traditional newspapers are highly selective in their coverage of world news. Looking at the three British dailies, editors favour countries that are bigger and more populous, but also closer to home and better developed.
They also give more room to the countries of origin of British immigrants, especially if they are white (look at the size of Australia and New-Zealand). Hardly surprising, but still disheartening, especially when you consider that the only brand that does not advocate objectivity, The Economist, covers the world more equally.
Second, we see that web-only outlets do not offer such a different view of the world. That makes sense, considering the narrowing of the news agenda on the web that was described in the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s latest report.
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