New York, June 25, 2014. While foreign direct investment has increased in developing and transitional economies according to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2014, the global economic opportunity present in Africa has largely not yet been recognized in opinion-leading business media, according to new research from Media Tenor International.

South Africa received the bulk of coverage regarding both African economies and corporate activities in Africa during 2013.  But this ...

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New York, June 19, 2014. The image of the U.S. on international television news programs has declined sharply over the last two years when it comes to gun crime and gun culture, states Media Tenor International, a research institute with offices around the world.

“Incidents of violence will almost always generate a negative image in the news media,” says Racheline Maltese, a researcher at Media Tenor. “But what is striking is the sharp decline over the last two years, with non...

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Rapperswil, June 10, 2014. The 2014 FIFA World Cup is a mere three days away from kick-off but fresh allegations of corruption regarding FIFA’s awarding of the world cup in 2022 to Qatar have seemingly overshadowed this years footballing showpiece. Long before this scandal reared its ugly head however, reports questioning Brazil’s readiness to host the world cup continuously flooded the media. There were doubts surrounding the organisational capacity of the host nation ever since FIFA d...

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Pretoria, 7 April 2014: It is a month before the national elections, and both ANC and DA have lost the appeal they carried in the media running up to the 2009 general elections. More so, ANC continues to see its share of coverage in the media eroded by opposition parties.

“The drop in tonality that leading political parties are receiving in the media, compared to the same period in 2009, suggests that undecided voters will have an even tougher time resonating with one of the predi...

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Zurich, March 13 2014: The NSA scandal and several high-profile data breaches in 2013 have put Cyber risks on the global media agenda and are a threat to corporate reputation. This shows an analysis of the media image of companies and industries related to Cyber issues by the Swiss-based Media Tenor research institute and Awareness Metrics, it’s risk management platform.

“The theft of millions of credit and debit card numbers at Target Corp has been highly visible on TV news and...

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