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Audience and media analytics is more important now than ever, and this latest volume in the cutting-edge BEA Electronic Media Research Series collects some of the top scholars working with big data and analytics today. These chapters describe the development and help define media analytics as an academic discipline and professional practice. Understanding audiences is integral to creating and distributing media messages and the study of media analytics requires knowing a range of skills including research methods, the necessary tools available, familiarity with statistical procedures, and a mindset to provide insights and apply findings. This book summarizes the insights of analytics practitioners regarding the current state of legacy media analysis and social media analytics. Topics covered include the evolution of media technologies, the teaching of media measurement and analytics, the transition taking place in media research, and the use of media analytics to answer meaningful questions, drive content creation, and engage with audiences.
List of contents
PrefaceAcknowledgementsSeries Editor's ForewordPart I Media Analytics: Study and Practice 1. Media Analytics and Audiences
Don A. Grady2. The New Age of Media Analytics
Lee Rainie Part II Curriculum and Instruction: Teaching Legacy and Social Media Analytics3. The Pioneers of Media Analytics in Higher Education
C. Ann Hollifield4. Cultivating Analytics Proficiency in Communication Undergraduates: A Sequence of Social Media Active Learning Experiences in an Applied Research Class
Jennifer Robinette5. Equipping the Media Analytics Toolbox: A Study of the Skills Required for Entry and Mid-Level Media Analytics Jobs
Kathleen Stansberry and Madison MacKenzie6. Integrating Digital Analytics across the Journalism and Mass Communication Curricula: Metrics, Tools, and Service Learning
Miao Guo7. The Data Backstory: Thoughts on Data Visualization Teaching Content
Dianne FinchPart III Applied Data-driven Decision Making in the Real World of Local Media8. Research Data in the Real World of Local Media
Don A. Grady; Panelists: Dan McDonald, Billy McDowell, and Ed Cohen9. Media Research in Transition: Applying Micro-Level Audience Data to Macro-Level Decision-Making
Kathleen Stansberry; Panelists: Jack MacKenzie, Patricia Marsden, Jamal Salmon, and Vincent Bruzzese
Part IV Analysis and Interpretation: Researching Content and Audiences using Media Analytics 10. Prevalence of Media Analytics Content in Accredited Colleges and Universities
Jane O'Boyle and Amanda Sturgill11. Measurement Uncertainty in the Pursuit of Audience Engagement
Jacob L. Nelson12. Engagement Metrics that Matter
Dale Blasingame13. Winning over Fans: How Sports Teams Use Live-Tweeting to Maximize Engagement
Bryan Anderson and Qian Xu14. A Gentle Introduction to R for Numerical Analysis and Visualization
Byung LeePart V Media Analytics: Undergraduate Research 15. Learning about Audiences In-depth: Complementing Analytics with other Research
Amanda Sturgill16. Using Analytics to Assess the AltGov vs. Official Government on Twitter
Andrew J. Scott17. Comparing Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Online Communities: A Natural Language Processing Study
Rachyl E Jackson18. #ThisIsWe: A Content Analysis of Live Tweets of
This is UsMadeline Hagy, Ansley Hamilton, and Caroline MillerContributorsIndex
About the author
Don A. Grady, Ph.D., is an Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the School of Communications at Elon University. He served as chair of the BEA Research Symposium ("The Golden Age of Data: Big Data and Media Analytics") in April 2018, and panel chair for the BEA Media Analytics Roundtable ("Media Analytics: Tracking Audiences in an Evolving Media Landscape") in April 2016. He has numerous years of administrative leadership, teaching, and professional experience in broadcast journalism, radio, and television. He regularly teaches a senior capstone research course, oversees the publication of an online undergraduate research journal, and helped to guide the development of an undergraduate major in media analytics. He has given numerous workshops and presentations, and regularly published articles on the assessment of student learning. Grady is a former twice elected representative on the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. He has a M.A. in Communication and the Ph.D. in Mass Communication Research from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Summary
Audience and media analytics is more important now than ever, and this latest volume in the cutting-edge BEA Electronic Media Research Series collects some of the top scholars working with big data and analytics today. These chapters describe the development and help define media analytics as an academic discipline and professional practice. Understanding audiences is integral to creating and distributing media messages and the study of media analytics requires knowing a range of skills including research methods, the necessary tools available, familiarity with statistical procedures, and a mindset to provide insights and apply findings. This book summarizes the insights of analytics practitioners regarding the current state of legacy media analysis and social media analytics. Topics covered include the evolution of media technologies, the teaching of media measurement and analytics, the transition taking place in media research, and the use of media analytics to answer meaningful questions, drive content creation, and engage with audiences.
