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Country Analysis
We provide in this section some specific analysis concerning the impact of the crisis as perceived by the media.
Iceland and the national bankruptcy risks (II)
Updated: October 24
Two weeks after our first measurement of the global media impact of Iceland crisis, our results show that the unprecedented national crisis is still puting the Iceland image in a way never reached before. Right now, Iceland is producing a volume of news which is eight times higher than its average behaviour. In comparison with other countries that have become "media stars" during 2008, like China or Zimbabwe, the media impact of Iceland's financial troubles show how exceptional they are.
You can find the previous measurement in the "Countries" section.
Iceland and the national bankruptcy risk
Updated: October 10, 2008
The following figure shows how the financial difficulties suffered by Iceland are propelling its presence in international news.
Media coverage concerning Iceland issues in international news is reaching by October more than 450 points. This means that Iceland is receiving during this month a level of global media attention which is more than four times higher in comparison with levels reached during the first quarter of year 2008.
In order to provide a perspective of how impressive this media reaction is, we show media attention produced by other news-relevant countries during 2008: China, with a peak of some 330 popints due to the Beijing Olympic Games by August; Zimbabwe, with a maximum of some 150 points in the afterwards of the disputed election outcomes; Switzerland, as co-organizer of the UEFA Euro 2008 in June, also with a peak in that period of some 150 points.
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