How can you effectively conduct media analysis in a rapidly changing landscape?

What's missing is audience or stakeholder identification. This goes hand in hand with objective setting and let's you create a targeted media list as opposed to a generic one.

Objectives always need to come first, and corporate communications extends to include, however it's defined, influencing stakeholders and audiences. The value of corporate comms and public relations is that element in particular - because it operates in the earned and owned spaces, rather than in paid. And objectives and programs are in turn informed by the data that deliver the insights into that engagement. Consider programs as dynamic and evolving: analysing the performance of any program then becomes the first of a great number of steps.

Linkedin's suggestion is a bit narrowminded and simplistic. You'll want to define Communication Objectives (desired Outcomes) that are linked and aligned with your Business Goals (desired Impact). Pursuing awareness, reputation, leads or loyalty is always merely a step towards something fundamentally more important to your organisation long-term. If you create a plan without linking and aligning your communication to the strategy of your organisation, you are in danger of being met with 'So what?' when you report your results. AMEC - the international Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communication is a great organisation with lots of free resources and inspiration on their website. Go check them out.

Empregue ferramentas avan?adas de monitoramento de mídia que possam rastrear men??es em tempo real em diversas plataformas, como redes sociais, fóruns online, notícias e blogs. Isso permite uma vis?o abrangente e atualizada do que está sendo dito sobre sua marca ou tópico de interesse.

Linkedin seems to be getting progressively worse and/or running out of topics, so they have started adding twists to generic topics to make it seem like a new dilemma. It isn't. 99% of this article is _just_ about doing media analysis - not matter the changing landscape. But. If we address the changing landscape for a bit, the most important thing to keep in mind is COMPARABILITY over a span of several years. Changes in your media sources can greatly affect your numbers (up or down) because old outlets e.g. may have had a higher readership than new ones. So you have to adjust your analysis to take into account that some sources have been replaced from year to year in your reporting.

A rapidly changing media landscape should not really be an issue for media measurement. Any decent practitioner will be investing in their bespoke channel mix, owned/earned balance, audience targeting and meaningful metrics. So surely a 'changing landscape' is no real challenge? Half the problem with monitoring and measurement is that less able or experienced practitioners want to have easy, automated and out-of-the-box tools. Yet rarely do these standardised tools meet the real needs of your organisation. For instance, volume is meaningless without relevance. Better to have fewer, more appropriate eyeballs, than sheer volume for its own sake. Reporting out-of-the-box metrics on sheer volume is almost always a smokescreen for laziness.

This is another example of Linkedin A.I. gibberish: 'You can gather data via media monitoring, media measurement, media intelligence or media analytics'. Monitoring is the scraping of data, which is then put into a digestable format, typically a news alert email. This is something you buy from a vendor normally, as it is technically demanding to set up yourself. 'Media measurement' is just two words put together. It is not a technical term. 'Media intelligence' is the use of data science to analyse data. It has nothing to do with collecting it. Same goes for 'media analysis'. So, of the four suggested ways of gathering data, Linkedin fails to actually give you more than the one: monitoring.

OMG no. Just no, Linkedin. SWOT is a system for analysing your organisation's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. It belongs in the sphere of marketing strategy and planning and has nothing to do with media analysis. PESTLE is an analysis of the key external factors (Political, Economic, Sociological, Technological, Legal and Environmental) that influence an organisation. Again, marketing strategy - not media analysis. SMART is a method for objective-setting and has nothing to do with analysis work. And SOAR is sort of the positive, future-looking sister of SWOT analysis. Nothing of what Linkedin is describing here is of any help to people looking for advice on media analysis. Don't be fooled.

Rather than focus on the form, which seems to be Linkedin's suggestion, you need to focus on your audience, when the time for reporting comes. Your own comms team will probably need detailed analysis, evaluation and conclusions on performance and insights - did you succeed and what did you learn along the way? That is VERY different from reporting 'upstairs'. Management is not interesting in the number of press clippings or social media followers. They are, however, very interested in INFORMED DECISION-MAKING. So you need to be very aware of how your information will help them make better, more informed decisions. This is why up above I started by saying that your objectives absolutely must link and align with the business goals.

* Be flexible and adaptable. * Identify your goals and tailor your approach accordingly. * Monitor a variety of sources, including social media and blogs. * Use data analytics tools and be critical of your findings. * Stay up-to-date on media trends and use social listening tools to monitor conversations. * Be aware of the impact of algorithms and use multiple data sources. * Be transparent about your methodology and findings. Examples: * Track public sentiment before launching a new product. * Identify areas to improve brand reputation and track progress. * Learn about the target audience's interests and pain points. Media analysis is a powerful tool for gaining valuable insights to make better decisions and achieve goals.