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Media Business: Searching Social Media

This guide will help Media Business students find and evaluate key resources needed to successfully complete their assessments.

Why search social media? 

 

Social media data can give insight into beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions of the public or of particular groups. For example, you could use social media data to gain insight into public attitudes towards upcoming elections or perceptions of particular advertising campaigns.

Social media analytics tools 

 
  • Maps sentiment of Reddit posts in a visual display based on keywords
  • Great for analysing current event or topic 
  • Shows related topics ni clusters