In this twenty-first survey of the web, The WAWG Index monthly average was down by 8.9 percent from June 2007. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 9 were down, 5 were up, and none was unchanged. The largest decrease for July, 71 percent, was for “control of mass media,†last month’s biggest gainer. The largest increase was for “scapegoats as a unifying cause†at 39 percent.
Through July, the 12 month group moving average for all fourteen categories was at 15.5 percent. It was 17.4 percent last month. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 2 were up, 11 were down and one was unchanged from the from the last 12 month period.
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