Do Virtual Profiles Need Trust More Than Polish? Plus: Signals Beyond Clicks

This week’s media measurement turn is from counting exposure to testing whether synthetic personas, AI content, and social commerce can earn trust and show real behavior. Covers 2026-06-03 to 2026-06-10; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. This Week in Media Measurement tracks research on how media, platforms, and marketing are measured, from social media and web analytics to campaign evaluation, audience behavior, AI-driven content, and privacy-preserving methods. Episode covers 2026-06-03 – 2026-06-10. Top papers Characteristics of Human-Like Virtual Profiles in Relation to Audience Reach and Engagement on Instagram: Secondary Data Analysis Unified Consent in U.S. Sports and Media Analytics: Double Opt-In, Data Governance, and the Reconfiguration of Fan-Centric Marketing EXPRESS: Digital Disposal: Self-Perceptions of Online Inauthenticity Promote Social Media Abandonment Demystifying the impact of artificial intelligence word-of-mouth (AI-WOM) and knowledge management on social media engagement: comparing Vietnam and China When benevolence backfires: trust transfer in Chinese live streaming commerce Themes: social media, elementary education, digital literacy, student engagement, consumer behavior, educational technology, social media marketing, mathematics education Methods: quantitative, survey, qualitative, experimental, Research and Development, ADDIE model Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including nielsen.com — Nielsen launches Four-Screen Ad Deduplication measurement on ..., adswerve.com — Social media measurement in Google Marketing Platform - Adswerve, and thecurrent.com — In India, advertisers searching for outcomes turn to commerce media. Upgrade to PremiumThe premium version of this podcast covers all 40 research articles and 10 news stories selected for the episode. Subscribe to the premium podcast. Generated by paperboy.fm.