Fligor's presentation will revolve around
the science relevant to this topic, including a realistic perspective of the
risk from using personal stereo systems.

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in New York City at 9:50 AM in New York City.

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Getting to the Truth Behind Music-Induced Hearing Loss From MP3 Players

Michael Cornfield of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and
Jonathan Carson of BuzzMetrics will present the research at the 2005
Personal Democracy Forum Conference (www.

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PRESS RELEASE Innovative Study Suggests Where Blogs Fit Into National Politics

Michael Cornfield, senior research consultant to the Pew Internet
& American Life Project.

About the Pew Internet & American Life Project

The Pew Internet & American Life Project is a non-partisan, non-profit
initiative of the Pew Research Center that examines the social impact of
the Internet.

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Persons interested in participating in these free live
events should visit Audiology Online (http://www.

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audiologyonline.com) will be hosting a pair of free live e-
Seminars presented by Dr. Dr.

The study relied on BuzzMetrics' proprietary Discussion Miner technology to
analyze: discussion on 40 top political pundit blogs comprising nearly
20,000 posts; and over two million posts of citizen chatter within liberal,
conservative and neutral message boards.personaldemocracy . Dan Gillmor of Grassroots
Media Inc.

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researchers also coded topics of discussion to see whether preferences in
one channel or subdivision corresponded with those in the others. Members of
the blog, media and political communities are encouraged to provide their
feedback to the researchers on this preliminary report at
mcornfield@pewInternet.org. Founded in
1999, BuzzMetrics spent two years of intense research and development
creating its proprietary Discussion Miner software, followed by two more
years of limited client services and pilot work to create a pitch-perfect
set of skills and services.

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blog and citizen chat room channels were subdivided into conservative,
general, and liberal groupings.

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It can be
difficult to separate truth from hype with all the recent media attention to
the potential risk to hearing from using personal stereo systems, such as the
iPod and other MP3 players. Dr.org.pewInternet. BuzzMetrics' client list includes 14 of the top 15
pharmaceutical companies , as well as global leaders in virtually every
industry -- companies like Comcast, Mazda and Hewlett -Packard.

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Combining
these features with thousands of daily visitors has led Audiology Online to
establish itself as the world's largest news, education and information source
for the hearing healthcare profession. For more information,
visit http://www.buzzmetrics.

Political Bloggers ' Most Important Contribution: Providing an Open Forum
During the "Rathergate" Scandal

For a case study, PIP and BuzzMetrics examined the cross-channel popularity
of the "Rathergate" scandal and a set of 396 political blog posts.org.

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That power waxes and wanes
depending on the sort of information available, the behavior of other
public voices, and the tendency of Internet forms and formats to evolve in
a very short time.

No recurrent pattern indicative of blogger influence was detected .

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research found that a combination of factors -- some Internet- and
blog-related, some not -- created the buzz which spurred CBS News to
retract its claim that the memos were authentic and commission an
independent review of its journalistic performance.

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This release was issued through eReleases(TM).com.

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"The Pew and BuzzMetrics multi-channel study on this remarkable period in
American politics is the first of its kind, and is helping to build a new
framework for understanding buzz and its underlying impact on society,"
said Jonathan Carson, president and CEO of BuzzMetrics. Pew and BuzzMetrics examined the political issues most frequently
discussed from September 27, 2004, through October 31, 2004.

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SAN ANTONIO, Music-induced hearing loss is becoming
a growing public hearing health issue of national prominence. PIP and BuzzMetrics examined the
interplay of blogs, online citizen chatter in newsgroups, the mainstream
news media and official political spin from the Democrat and Republican
election camps.

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more information , visit www.buzzmetrics.

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register today as there are a limited number of spaces available . "With social and
media fragmentation, as well as the rapid rise of digital networks, we must
ask ourselves what impact is being made on societal institutions like
politics, media and our national agenda.

About BuzzMetrics

BuzzMetrics, the leader in word-of-mouth research and planning , helps
Fortune 500 companies strategically leverage the buzz surrounding their
businesses.com .

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A preliminary report released today, entitled "Buzz, Blogs and Beyond: The
Internet and the National Discourse in the Fall of 2004," employed new
word-of-mouth tracking and cross-media correspondence techniques to examine
the impact of online buzz on the national agenda during the last two months
of the 2004 presidential election.comhttp://www.

Newsletters, weblogs, newsgroups, forums, message boards, and chat rooms on science and society issues.

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As a public information service, Audiology Online
(http://www. However, the analysis
also suggests that the bloggers may have been positioned in the fall of
2004 as a sort of guide for the mainstream media to the rest of the
Internet.

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Brian Fligor on this important topic. Fligor is
a nationally renowned audiologist whose research on personal stereo systems
and music-induced hearing loss has been cited numerous times by the news and
scientific media.
The live e-Seminars will be held from 12 to 1 pm Eastern and Pacific on
February 22, 2006.ereleases. Bush's
record in the National Guard . In addition, Pew and BuzzMetrics
monitored key online sources of output from the Bush and Kerry campaigns as
well as DNC and GOP; and sampled 16 major media outlets as a proxy for the
mainstream media segment. It does not take policy positions.

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We hope our findings will fuel
debate and spawn further analysis to better understand these newly
observable phenomena.

About the Report and Research Methodology

The Pew/BuzzMetrics report, titled "Buzz, Blogs and Beyond: The Internet
and the National Discourse in the Fall of 2004," analyzed not only blogs,
but their intersection with online citizen chat forums, the mainstream news
media and official political spin from the Democrat and Republican election
camps.

The full report will be made available at: www.

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Political Bloggers Were Buzz Followers as Much as Makers

The researchers charted the popularity of certain topics which attracted
buzz during the fall campaign across four channels of communication: blogs,
citizen chat rooms, the mainstream media, and the national campaigns. The key contribution
from the political bloggers in this case consisted of providing forums
accessible to all Internet users in which facsimiles of the memos could be
examined and discussed.

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About Audiology Online (http://www.

"The blogosphere is clearly a major addition to the national discourse,"
said Dr. "But we need to be cautious with respect to the
power of particular political bloggers.pewInternet. Since its full public launch in late 2003,
BuzzMetrics has been redefining what is possible with word of mouth.

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He has been recently featured in various national television
news services such as ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX in addition to print media such
as USA Today and Rolling Stone.audiologyonline.
Experimental research from the Pew Internet &
American Life Project and BuzzMetrics suggests that political bloggers can
make an impact on politics, but they often follow the lead of politicians
and journalists. They also conducted a case study of the "Rathergate"
scandal involving CBS News and unauthenticated memos about George W.

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