Royal Wedding: Tying US–UK Knot

(With Mariele Marki)Originally Published in the Korea Times—February 5, 2011

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On Friday, the royal wedding of Prince William of England and Kate Middleton took place. Hundreds of million of viewers around the world had their eyes glued to television units transmitting the momentous event.

If student action at Georgetown University is an indicator, in the U.S. at three in the morning, many Americans tuned in to live coverage of the royal wedding. Most major media networks were broadcasting from London.

According to a study by Nielsen, a leader in market research, “United States news and media outlets have out-published ...

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