Do YouTube comments equal approval? Plus: web-panel bias

New work on Super Bowl halftime comments and web-panel weighting asks whether media measurement is counting attention, approval, or instrument bias. Covers 2026-06-17 to 2026-06-24; 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 2026-06-17 – 2026-06-24. Top papers Engagement without approval: comparing YouTube discourse, interpretive framing, and sentiment integrity of Usher and Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl halftime shows Modeling recreational visitation at Bureau of Land Management sites Propensity Score Adjustment (PSA)weighting technique for reducing bias in web panel surveys Trust, trustworthiness and credibility in corporate social media communication: a TCM-ADO framework-based systematic review Ekstraksi Topik dan Deteksi Keberpihakan Portal Berita: Pendekatan Inverted Pyramid Prompting Menggunakan DeepSeek Themes: social media, digital media, elementary education, digital marketing, public health, mathematics education, adolescents, Generation Z Methods: survey, quantitative, qualitative, case-study, Research and Development, ADDIE model Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including indiantelevision.com — MIB asks BARC to waive fees as news ratings freeze continues, exchange4media.com — Commerce media boom is minting new metrics. But who is counting what matters?, and leibniz-hbi.de — Reuters Institute Digital News Report. 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.