[Arab News] If you think Charlie Sheen has been "winning" media attention these past few weeks, you'd be right.The now former "Two and A Half Men" star has topped all Internet and social media discussions since the beginning of 2011, beating out buzz and controversy surrounding the iPad, singer Lady Gaga and US President Barack
B.O.Obama, according to a survey released on Tuesday by the Global Language Monitor.
"Charlie Sheen...is everywhere. The growing pervasiveness of social media only enhances this global echo chamber," said Paul J.J. Payack, president and chief word analyst for the Global Language Monitor. Payack used an algorithm to analyze the top 20 persons (or things) of interest on blogs, Internet-only news sites and social media sites like Twitter and YouTube between Jan. 1 and March 8, 2011. Sheen was first, followed by Apple's iPad, Lady Gaga, Obama and Tea Party favorite Sarah
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But the wayward TV star ranked just 18th among the top 75,000 traditional print and electronic media sites covered in the survey. Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and deposed Egyptian geriatric President Hosni Mubarak were the top three persons of interest on the traditional media list, "which shows what happens when you have an editorial process that helps discern which news is most significant for the reader," Payack said.