Social media analysis vs Consumer brand surveys

Social media analysis vs Consumer brand surveys

Brand marketers have long used surveys to question consumers on their opinions. Now, via fast-growing social media channels, consumers are volunteering these opinions, unedited and in real-time. So can this rich source of content be mined to complement, guide or even...
Ring of steel – how the USA protected a key industry

Ring of steel – how the USA protected a key industry

With the USA as one of the few Western economies which is growing apace, domestic U.S. industries have been concerned that their home market has become a dumping ground for foreign imports. None more than one of the fundamentals of industrialised economies, steel. The...
Influential factors at the ballot box – part 2

Influential factors at the ballot box – part 2

Has it come down to Welfare, Healthcare and Education? Or will Immigration and Europe prove influential at the ballot box? The latest data from Ipsos MORI shows that the NHS, Immigration and the Economy continue to be the issues people say are the most important...
Influential factors at the ballot box – part 2

Influential factors at the ballot box – part 1

Europe continues to be a major topic in mainstream and social media, with debate about whether the UK will remain in the EU being the main issue. Nick Clegg’s view was expressed on the matter as well as that of the major investment banks. Nigel Farage continues to...
Influential factors at the ballot box – part 2

UK elections 2015: weekly round-up

UK election week round-up: 16th to 22nd April Immigration is now the number one issue people say is affecting Britain, according to newly published IPSOS Mori data. Our analysis of mainstream and social media coverage says that the number one topic is Europe, although...