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Social Media & Audience Participation In Regard To Television, Jean Marie Mcbride
Social Media & Audience Participation In Regard To Television, Jean Marie Mcbride
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Jean McBride
Major: Communications: Radio/TV Broadcasting & Mass Media Production
Project Sponsor: Dr. Sylvia White
Number of Project Credits: 3
Social Media & Audience Participation in Regard to Television
The purpose of my honors project was seeing if social media had an influence on television show ratings and popularity by incorporating audience participation. Especially in regards to television shows that have been around for years, I was interested to see if television ratings went up when using Twitter compared to when they did not use Twitter to increase viewers and audience participation. I surveyed forty-nine collegiate women between the ages …