A few months ago, Nielsen released a study that found an increase in Twitter volume about live TV correlated with an increase in TV ratings across varying age groups. Now Nielsen is out with another study, with a bit more of a definitive tone. Most notably, the term “correlation” from the previous research has been replaced by “causal influence” in this one. Per the researchers, “the volume of tweets caused significant changes in live TV ratings among 29 percent of the [221 broadcast primetime program] episodes” sampled. (more…)
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Nielsen Says Tweets Influence Ratings in 29% of Sampled TV Episodes
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