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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (166717)7/22/2005 6:17:01 AM
From: Elsewhere  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
<how's it up there?>

As a followup to my previous reply I tried a semi-quantitative approach to see what's on Germans' minds these days. I searched the German Google News with a couple of keywords. One could write a long essay interpreting the results. Some observations:
- The "USA" has more relevance for German media than Germany's own political union, the "EU".
- Soccer is as popular as always.
- US Conservatives frequently accuse Euros of using some topics as pressure tools against the USA ("Guantanamo", "global warming", "ICC"). In reality these topics receive little attention.
- Germany is closer to Britain than France ("Blair" 4x as relevant as "Chirac").
- Space exploration ("NASA") receives more attention than "sex".
- More articles on "China" and "India" than on "terror".

Here's my little table, first column German keyword, then number of hits, then translation/explanation if necessary.

Zeitung          93.100  Newspaper
Deutschland      82.800  Germany
Berlin           60.000
USA              57.000
Internet         49.900
SPD              47.600  Social Democrats (ruling party)
London           46.200
EU               35.100  European Union
CDU              28.400  Christian Democrats (Conservatives)
Fußball          21.300  Soccer
Schröder         21.100  Chancellor
Geld             19.500  Money
TV               18.200
China            17.900
Wirtschaft       17.700  Economy
New York         17.000
Auto             16.700  Car
Straße           15.800  Road
Frankreich       15.700
Paris            14.300
Sommer           13.800  Summer
FDP              13.200  Free Democrats (Libertarians)
Japan            12.300
Wachstum         12.200  Growth
Irak              9.840  Iraq
Computer          9.650
Steuern           8.820
Handy             8.330  Cell phone
Blair             8.200
Verkehr           8.100  Traffic
Merkel            8.030  Opposition leader
Urlaub            7.920  Holidays
Bush              7.610
Indien            7.070  India
Terror            6.810
Asien             6.800  Asia
Köhler            6.430  German President
Mercedes          6.430
Telekom           6.300
G8                6.180
UN                6.150
Ullrich           6.130  German cyclist
Microsoft         5.280
Afghanistan       4.830
Linkspartei       4.530  New Socialist party
Arbeitslosigkeit  4.370  Unemployment
Ärzte             4.300  Physicians
Iran              3.570
Server            2.980
NASA              2.810
Chirac            2.470
Putin             2.270
Sex               2.210
MP3               1.640
Linux             1.530
Jackson           1.530
AIDS              1.340
UMTS              1.270
Guantanamo          832
Sudan               596
Vogelgrippe         527  Bird flu
Klimaerwärmung      297  Global warming
Strafgerichtshof     10  ICC
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