The Bubble Time Machine!
It's not absolutely complete yet... but I've been playing with it in pre-release mode and want you guys to see the power of it before It's released.
I've been studying the relationship between the words "crisis" and "stimulus" using NewsBubbles.org, my news exploration tool. The system basically works through extracting all of the "subject clauses" or bubbles from the articles of majorly syndicated news networks, and then builds a relationship matrix, showing you what other words are most mentioned in the news along with the phrase you put in.
The Buble Time Machine is powerful, because since you're browsing through the context of things, you can now see what the context was yesterday, or a year ago for your bubbles... for instance... look at these two different dates for obama. One when he was just a candidate, one when it was just him and mccain, one when he was elected, and one now that he's president-elect.
January of this Year - Notice the second thing on his list is Clinton : there were 100 articles syndicated about him every 8 days or so.
The end of September - Up against McCain, they had the debates... some of the issues they talk about are listed there too : 100 articles in 6 days related to obama
Election Day - Notice election is about the 5th most related word to obama behind mccain, ofcourse
Day after Election - VICTORY! lol... victory for obama, second bubble on the list... behind his full name... they seem to mention his full name almost every time in their articles. : 100 articles in one day
November 25th - 20 days after his victory, and he's now offering the stimulus package for the economic crisis... etc. etc.. : Notice he's gotten much more coverage now.. over 100 articles in 1 day about obama
This is just an example of what you can compare... I've been looking at the word "crisis" and found some interesting things, looking back. You'll see the options for the date slider coming soon in the user interface for NewsBubbles
When you look at the bubbles through time and how they change, they tend to tell the story without you having to actually read much besides the words that actually matter. Keep in mind that the sources I'm using are top news media organizations... wether you trust them or not, this is not telling their story, this is just telling you what they say mostly, in relation to whatever you want.
Stay tuned for more NewsBubbles Updates
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