How Public is Social Media? Research Perspectives

At ESOMAR 3D 2011, Mike Cooke chaired a panel discussion on privacy with: Adam Phillips, the chair of the ESOMAR Professional Standards Committee and Legal Committee Annie Pettit, of Research Now Manilla Austin, of Communispace Reg Baker, of Market Strategies...

The Rosetta Stone Meets Foucault

Ray Poynter of Vision Critical presented on understanding social media via discourse analysis at ESOMAR 3D 2011. Where the Rosetta Stone enabled people to understand ancient scripts, as the same message was written in the stone in three languages. Michel Foucault was...

Eve-olution: Why Women Rule the Web

Brian Cooper of TNS North America and Amy Janis of Yahoo! discussed their research into the digital lives of women around the world. Three questions that their research answered: What are the online behavioral differences between men and women? Half of women’s...

Review of a Decade of Netnography Research

In an ESOMAR 3D 2011 presentation, Gregor Jawecki of HYVE reviewed the past decade of netnography research to understand its implications for future social media analysis. What is netnography? “Netnography uses natural occurring and openly accessible consumer...