Michelle Tops Barack Obama in Online Mentions

It may be the nominating convention for Barack Obama, but
First Lady Michelle drew more online mentions by a wide margin Wednesday thanks
to the buzz generated by her convention speech Tuesday night.

According to General Sentiment, which surveys mentions on Twitter,
news sites and social media, Michelle Obama got 1,350,050 million mentions to
Barack's 758,495.

According to the company, Michelle Obama accounted for
almost half the online discussion of all DNC speakers Wednesday.

As far as online issue discussion related to the Democratic
convention in Charlotte, the economy was tops at 37.6% of mentions, followed by
jobs at 29.2% and health care at 25.5%.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.