In this fifteenth survey of the web, The WAWG Index group average was up by 6.9 percent from December 2006. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 3 were down, 11 were up, and none was unchanged. The cumulative change for the index is up 224 percent since October 2005. The largest decrease for January, at 24%, was for “control of mass media,†which was last month’s largest increase at 63%. The largest increase this month was for “disdain and suppression†of intellectuals and the arts at 57%.
Through January, the 12 month group moving average for all fourteen categories was at 19.6 percent. It was 19.7 percent last month. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 3 have twelve month averages that were down while 11 are up – unchanged from last month.
Andy Hailey