The 2012 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards had few surprises Sunday night. “The Help” took home several awards. Here’s the full list of awards.

We used Social Radar to analyze conversations online.

SAG Awards vs. Golden Globes

The SAG Awards, which are often used to predict winners of Academy Awards, generated only around 1/4 as much buzz as the Golden Globes earlier this month.

SAG Awards sentiment

Conversations around the 2012 SAG Awards were 88% positive. Glee was the most mentioned topic — although the TV show did not win an award, its star Lea Michelle made headlines for stealing the show on the red carpet.

Paula Deen, host of the Food Network’s “Paula’s Best Dishes,” confirmed on Tuesday’s “Today Show” that she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three years ago, even as she continued to promote such dishes as “Chocolate Cheese Fudge” and “Sausage Pancake Egg Sandwiches” on her program. Angry diabetics are calling the celebrity chef a hypocrite for hiding her disease while promoting fatty, sugar-heavy foods and for partnering with a drug company that provides relief for diabetics.

We used Social Radar to analyze conversations around Deen online.

Paul Deen buzz

Paula Deen mentions online are at their highest point in months.

Paul Deen sentiment

Conversations around Deen had been averaging above 85% positive, and are currently only 57% positive.

Paul Deen conversation topics

Diabetes is currently being mentioned in 63% of all Paula Deen conversations.

Do you think Deen put other people’s health at risk by promoting high fat, high sugar foods without disclosing that she herself could not eat the dishes and had diabetes?

People all over the world rarely celebrate the same holiday on the same day. So we decided to use Social Radar to analyze worldwide conversations all mentioning one thing in a universal language: 2012.

2012 buzz

2012 was mentioned in 21% of ALL Internet conversations online January 1. Wow!

2012 sentiment

Overall conversations around 2012 are 88% positive. The word ‘plan’ is appearing in 15% of 2012 conversations. Interestingly, in a sign of the times, the word ‘blog’ appears in 16% of all 2012 conversations. ‘Resolution’ appears in 8% of 2012 conversations.

Was blogging part of your New Year’s resolution?

With Christmas almost upon us Social Radar takes a look at what people online have been saying they like most (and least) about the festive season over the last 3o days.

Overall there has been 86% positivity towards Christmas in the last month, 11% negativity and 3% mixed sentiment.

Fortunately negative posts are few and far between but those that are mentioned include ‘ugly Christmas sweaters’ and the expense of the festive season along with posts including words such as ‘dread’, ‘miserable’ and ‘boring’.

Whatever your thoughts are about the festive season all of us at Infegy would like to wish you a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. Look out for us in 2012 when we’ll be bringing you more insight into the wonderful world of social media.

The leadership of North Korea passed to a third generation of the Kim family Monday after the weekend death of Kim Jong Il, who ruled the Stalinist state since 1994.

Kim Jong Il was a hot topic of conversation on Twitter and social media sites Sunday night and Monday morning. We used Social Radar to analyze conversations online.

Kim Jong Il buzz

Kim Jong Il is currently being mentioned in 0.4% of ALL Internet conversations.

North Korea conversation sentiment

Conversations around North Korea are currently 62% negavie.

The U.S. is watching North Korea closely, after reports that unstable North Korea fired short-range test missiles into the Sea of Japan. The U.S. has seen no unexpected moves by the North Korean military but is remaining “vigilant” in the wake of the death of the North Korean leader.

Is the Kardashian empire crumbling? Website boycottkim.com has launched and over 100,000 people have signed its petition to take the Kardashian shows off of the air. Advertisers are also reportedly worried and wary of the Kardashians, according to Entertainment Tonight.

After profiting more than $18 million dollars on a 72-day marriage, has the American public finally had enough? We used Social Radar to find out.

Kim Kardashian buzz

Kim Kardashian mentions are currently at their highest point by far.

Kim Kardashian sentiment

Negative buzz around Kim Kardashian has steadily risen over the last few months and is also currently at its highest point.

Kim Kardashian conversation topic cloud

The divorce is the biggest contributing topic to the negative buzz.

Will you be boycotting Kim?

Movember, the slang word “mo” for moustache and “November,” is an annual, month-long event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November. Since 2004, the Movember Foundation charity has run Movember events to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer and depression www.movember.com.

Mr. Clean, the 54-year-old icon, is even getting in on the act, pledging to grow facial hair for the first time ever for the good cause.

We used Social Radar to analyze conversations online.

Movember buzz

Movember conversations already more than doubled last year’s total online. Total movember mentions spiked 758% on November 1, 2011.

Movember sentiment

Conversations around Movember are 91% positive. The words ‘donate’ and ‘charity’ and ‘prostate cancer’ are appearing in more than 30% of movember conversations.

Hours after news broke about the passing of former Apple CEO and founder Steve Jobs, microblogging social network Twitter was consumed with reactions from fans and people who appreciated what Jobs did for the world.

The column of trending topics is dominated with Jobs-related subjects. Hashtags like #iSad, #RIPstevejobs and #ThankyouSteve are all actively being attached to messages.

We used Social Radar to analyze and measure conversations around Steve Jobs online.

Steve Jobs chatter

Nearly 4% of all Internet conversations are currently mentioning Steve Jobs.

Content distribution

Approximately 94% of all Steve Jobs mentions over the last two days came via Twitter.

Steve Jobs’ passion touched the lives of many people he never met. A true inspiration. Rest in peace.

The Post Office made headlines this week thanks to news that it might eliminate Saturday mail delivery, lay off 120,000 workers and close up to 3,700 post offices—all in an effort to lessen the post office’s deficit, which will be $9.2 billion this fiscal year.

Post Office buzz

Since September 2007, post office mentions have decreased 2,150% online.

If the Post Office was gone, would you miss it?

Last Friday we reported that the minor earthquakes that rumbled throughout the U.S. were generating significantly more chatter online than the impending hurricane. After Hurricane Irene swept through the East Coast over the weekend, we decided to follow up.

Hurricane Irene vs. Earthquake chatter

Hurricane Irene chatter skyrocketed over the weekend and topped overall earthquake chatter. Though hundreds of thousands were left without power and flooding continues in parts of the East Coast, the hurricane did not cause as much damage as anticipated. The Weather Channel broke an all-time ratings record on Saturday, however. Did the media sensationalize the storm to boost ratings?