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Huffington Goes Viral with Data Science – You can Too

Flack's Revenge

Those featured, however, didn’t go into detail on the role of advertising to boost reach. At last week’s NY Data Science Meetup (at Metis NYC ) we learned how the Huffington Post , the largest social publisher, is using data science to better understand which articles can benefit from a promotional push.

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Monday Roundup: Buzz Marketing a la Spring

Waxing UnLyrical

I definitely think she’s on the money with “big data” and “Internet of Things,” but am not sure about the rest. Why: “Using social media and Internet tools to amass a huge user base can create as many problems as it solves,” says Maura Lafferty in this WUL goodie. What about you?

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The Real Master of Hype

Mark My Words

You can listen to modish analyses of modern communications and you can join the high priests of Google worshipping at the altar of big data. But the fact is that all of the media we consume – from the papers we read to the soundbites we retweet – boils down to ballyhoo. The Herald buckled.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

Mass communication is a subarea of communications studies in the US, and social science with some elements of physical science - especially when designing systems and technology to transmit messages. Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising.

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