Ratings Analysis: Theory and Practice (Routledge Communication Series) - Softcover

Webster, James G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080585410X ISBN 13: 9780805854107

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Ratings Analysis: The Theory and Practice of Audience Research provides a thorough and up-to-date presentation of the ratings industry and analysis processes. It serves as a practical guide for conducting audience research, offering readers the tools for becoming informed and discriminating consumers of audience information, from broadcasting to cable to the World Wide Web. In its third edition, this essential volume:
*illustrates applications of audience research in advertising, programming, financial analysis, and social policy;
*describes audience research data and summarizes the history of audience measurement, the research methods most often used, and the kinds of ratings research products currently available; and
*discusses the analysis of audience data by offering a framework within which to understand mass media audiences and by focusing specifically to the analysis of ratings data.

Appropriate for all readers needing an in-depth understanding of audience research, including people working in advertising, electronic media, and related industries, Ratings Analysis also has much to offer academics, critics, policy-makers, and students of mass media.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080585410X
• ISBN 13: 9780805854107
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 338