While it seems the three month old strike between the Writer’s Guild of America and production companies seems to be finally coming to an end, the media frenzy surrounding it is showing no signs of letting up. PR Week recently turned to opinion leaders in the blogosphere to see what kinds of conversations are happening around the strike.
Blog coverage of the strike has not been able to match traditional media coverage; but two thirds of all bloggers seem to side with the striking writers, perhaps because many relate since they themselves are writers.
The analysis was based on 469 blog postings from Jan. 1-28 2008 by BuzzLogic.
Traditional media has focused much of its attention of the impact of the strike on the Oscars. PR Week reports a recent Google search revealed more than 540 articles on the subject. And just this week Vanity Fair made headlines canceling its multimillion dollar Oscar Party, in sympathy with the striking writers.
As of now, when it comes to the Oscars, less than 17 percent of bloggers are talking about how the strike could impact the ceremony. A Technorati search revealed 661 hits.
No doubt bloggers are online influencers. It’d be interesting to find out how many striking writers are actually bloggers themselves. More importantly, it’d be great to see this strike finally come to an end.
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