In this fifteenth survey of the web, The WAWG Index group average was down by 4.8 percent from November 2006. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 12 were down, 2 were up, and 0 was unchanged. The cumulative change for the index is up 217 percent since October 2005. The largest decrease for December, at 35%, was for “rampant sexism,†which was last month’s largest increase at 31%. The largest increase this month was for “control of mass media†at 63%.
Through December, the 12 month group moving average for all fourteen categories was at 19.7 percent. It was 19.6 percent last month. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 3 have twelve month averages that were down while 11 are up – unchanged from last month.