Los Angeles: The FIFA World Cup in South Africa has been voted as the top news story of 2010 ahead of the iPad launch and the WikiLeaks.
In an analysis by Global Language Monitor, a group that studies word usage and trends, the top five news stories are the World Cup, the iPad Launch, the rise of China, US healthcare reform, and WikiLeaks.
The Tea Party, the US political movement which emphasises scaled back government intrusion, influence and spending, the fall of US President Barack Obama in comparison to the great heights to which he ascended, the Gulf oil spill,
Haitian earthquake, and the political anger and rage witnessed in the major Western economies, followed.
"The globe has witnessed the major news sources of the 20th century fragment into thousands of micro-focused outlets in the twenty-first. At the same time, the major global media are playing an ever-more important role when major events occur, as aggregate communities for shared experiences," said Paul JJ Payack, GLM's chief word analyst.
"For these reasons we performed two independent analyses. The first focused on the number of citations found over the course of the year on the Internet, blogosphere, and social media sites. The second focused on the top 75,000 print
and electronic media sites. Finally, the two analyses were normalised with the final results appearing here".
According to Payack, the list is notable for two firsts - the first time a sporting event tops it and the first time a product launch contends for the top spot.
The growth of Facebook bagged the 13th spot, Pakistan floods 14th and Vuvuzela horns 21st spot.
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