--- title: Oscars 2014: Twitter Search and Social Media, Ellen's Selfie + More description: Conversation on Twitter was nearly 100% positive when it came to this year's Oscars host canonical: https://time.com/11993/oscars-social-media-twitter/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-03T20:53:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T06:33:22.740Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Oscars 2014: Twitter Search and Social Media, Ellen's Selfie + More og:description: Conversation on Twitter was nearly 100% positive when it came to this year's Oscars host og:url: https://time.com/11993/oscars-social-media-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9585b233a5ed7ca/698683c3169ab0037c278136/140226-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Oscar Statuettes On Display At Chicago Museum Of Science & Industry og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Oscars 2014: Twitter Search and Social Media, Ellen's Selfie + More twitter:description: Conversation on Twitter was nearly 100% positive when it came to this year's Oscars host twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9585b233a5ed7ca/698683c3169ab0037c278136/140226-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Oscars 2014: The Internet Loved Ellen, Selfies, Kerry Washington's Unborn Child  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Mar 3, 2014 8:53 PM UTC  Oscar statuettes are displayed on Jan. 23, 2004, at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois Oscar statuettes are displayed on Jan. 23, 2004, at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IllinoisTim Boyle—Getty Images  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Mar 3, 2014 8:53 PM UTC At last night’s Oscars ceremony, [the unspoken winner was Twitter](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/03/03/5-reasons-why-twitter-was-the-real-winner-of-the-academy-awards/?iid=ent-main-lead) — and the winner of Twitter was Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres. Even if her sunny take on the Academy Awards got some critical [demerits for being bland](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/03/03/oscar-review-ellen-degeneres/?iid=ent-main-lead), social-media data put together by the research company Fizziology shows that Twitter conversation about DeGeneres’ hosting gig was pretty unanimously (as in 99%) positive, and her opening monologue scored marks nearly that high. Basically, nobody had anything bad to say about her — or if they did, they kept their comments to themselves. On the other hand, those who _did_ like her and her stunts were _very_ vocal: more than three-quarters of all the people tweeting about the Oscars during the broadcast were talking about her [record-breaking selfie](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/03/03/5-reasons-why-twitter-was-the-real-winner-of-the-academy-awards/?iid=ent-main-lead) — and the volume of conversation jumped 3,000% in the selfie-centric moments around 10:00 pm. (The second-most-vocal group was comprised of people who thought Leonardo DiCaprio should have won.) (**MORE**: [Oscars 2014 Recap: _12 Years a Slave_ Is King, and Lupita Nyong’o the Princess Bride](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/03/03/oscars-2014-recap-12-years-a-slave-lupita-nyongo)) Meanwhile, over at Google, people who wondered how many times he’s been nominated (answer: this year makes four acting nods) made that question one of the most-asked Oscars-related queries during the broadcast. The only ones that were more popular than that were: * Who presented with Matthew McConaughey? * Who is Jennifer Lawrence dating? * When is Kerry Washington due? * What is _Dallas Buyers Club_ about? So, to save time for those of you who haven’t joined the searching hordes yet, here are your answers: Kim Novak, of _Vertigo_ fame; _X-Men_ co-star Nicholas Hoult; “Spring,” [says TVLine.com](http://tvline.com/2013/12/06/kerry-washington-pregnancy-scandal-season-3-shortened-18-episodes/); and a [real HIV-positive Texan man who smuggled experimental drugs into the U.S. for AIDS patients.](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/11/08/the-true-story-of-dallas-buyers-club/) You’re welcome. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/11993/oscars-social-media-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/11993/oscars-social-media-twitter/"},"headline":"Oscars 2014: The Internet Loved Ellen, Selfies, Kerry Washington's Unborn Child","datePublished":"2014-03-03T20:53:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:33:22.740Z","description":"Conversation on Twitter was nearly 100% positive when it came to this year's Oscars host","url":"https://time.com/11993/oscars-social-media-twitter/","keywords":["Oscars","Social Media","awards","twitter","Academy Awards","Ellen Degeneres","Kerry Washington"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9585b233a5ed7ca/698683c3169ab0037c278136/140226-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9585b233a5ed7ca/698683c3169ab0037c278136/140226-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Oscar Statuettes On Display At Chicago Museum Of Science & Industry","caption":"Oscar Statuettes On Display At Chicago Museum Of Science & Industry","creditText":"Tim Boyle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/oscars/","name":"Oscars"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/11993/oscars-social-media-twitter/","name":"Oscars 2014: The Internet Loved Ellen, Selfies, Kerry Washington's Unborn Child"}}]}] ```