Courses: 7
Duration: 15 weeks
Credential: 3 credit hours towards the Masters of Professional Communication, on admission to the Graduate School at Purdue University.
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Digital Media Analytics
$354.00
In this online course from Purdue University you will learn about:
- Social media data
- Data collection
- Report writing
- Business intelligence
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Understand digital media analytics, and how they could help your business
How do businesses make sense of the large amounts of data coming from social and digital media? What are the best strategies for extracting and using this data? Explore the answers to these questions, and more, with this program of courses exploring digital media and social media analytics.
You will get an introduction to digital and social media analytics, before progressing to examine social media research, owned media, earned media, paid media, and using ‘listening data’. At the end of the program you should feel confident in applying your knowledge in your own professional life.
Academic credential program
Academic credit is available for this program. You will need to earn a Certificate of Achievement for each course and apply for admission to the Graduate School at Purdue University. If you are admitted you will receive 3 credit hours towards the Masters of Professional Communication degree program.
What do I need to start?
This program is for business professionals or anyone wanting to increase their understanding of social and digital media analytics in business and industry contexts.
What skills will I learn?
Completing all the courses in this program will enable you to:
- Differentiate between the opportunities and limitations with social media data.
- Identify methods for using ready and custom-made tools to transform information into insight, from data collection to analysis, interpretation, and recommendation.
- Sharpen quantitative and business analytical skills using spreadsheets and online tools.
- Write effective reports and draft scorecards.
- Be prepared to interact with data scientists by speaking their language and understanding their processes for data mining and business intelligence.
Courses on this program
6 courses + 1 assessment
Digital Media Analytics: Introduction
Learn how to analyse social and digital media and how to turn this data into useful insights and actions.
Duration: 3 weeks
Weekly study: 3 hours
Digital Media Analytics: Social Media Research Plans
Get to grips with social media analytics and prepare to launch your own social media analytics project.
Duration: 2 weeks
Weekly study: 6 hours
Digital Media Analytics: Using Data from Owned Media
Learn how to get valuable insights from social media by translating your past and present social media ‘flow’ into data.
Duration: 2 weeks
Weekly study: 6 hours
Digital Media Analytics: Earned Media
Learn about the importance of earned media and how to evaluate it so you can understand how to improve your online presence.
Duration: 2 weeks
Weekly study: 6 hours
Digital Media Analytics: Paid Media
Learn how to analyse and improve social media advertising campaigns, and understand how to effectively use Google Analytics.
Duration: 2 weeks
Weekly study: 6 hours
Digital Media Analytics: Using ‘Listening Data’
Explore different social listening tools and discover advanced social media analytics.
Duration: 2 weeks
Weekly study: 6 hours
Purdue is a world-class institution recognized for its quality in research, scholarship, and teaching. The faculty of the Brian Lamb School of Communications are leading experts in the field of digital and social media.
Who will you learn with?
Sorin Adam Matei
Dr. Matei is the College of Liberal Arts Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Communication in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University.
Jessica Welch
Jessica Welch is a Ph.D. candidate in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University. Her research interests include pedagogy and social media interaction.
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