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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466316903321

Autore

Mytton Graham

Titolo

Media audience research : a guide for professionals / / Graham Mytton, Peter Diem, Piet Hein van Dam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, CA : , : SAGE Publications, Inc., , 2016

ISBN

93-5328-017-6

93-5150-642-8

93-5150-644-4

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Disciplina

302.2/072

Soggetti

Mass media - Research - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of author's Handbook on radio and television audience research.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. Introduction; 2. History of Media Research; 3. Quantitative Research: Audience Measurement-General Theory and the Basics; 4. Audience and Media Measurement Research Methods in Use Today; 5. Quantitative Online Research; 6. Internet Audience Measurement: Passive Methods and Technologies; 7. Qualitative Research; 8. Audience Opinion and Reaction; 9. Desk Research; 10. Data Analysis; 11. Adapting Media Research to Different Cultures; APPENDIX; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Sommario/riassunto

The only comprehensive training book on conducting research into all forms of media This book outlines all the methods for conducting research-both active and passive as well as quantitative and qualitative-in all forms of media, including new media such as the Internet, mobile phones and social media. It explains the ways in which media audiences are measured, understood and taken into account in media planning, advertising sales and social development campaigns. It shows how datasets are analysed and used. The statistical theories behind good quantitative research are explained in simple and accessible language.