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Author: Jennifer Hessler / Bucknell University

Jennifer Hessler is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Film/Media Studies program at Bucknell University. She received her PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is currently working on a book titled, “Television Ratings: From the Audimeter to Big Data,” which examines television ratings technologies and methods as precursory models of data-driven consumer surveillance. She has published work in Television & New Media, The Velvet Light Trap, and Media Fields.

The Future of the Ratings Panel
Jennifer Hessler / Bucknell University

May 4, 2020 Jennifer Hessler / Bucknell University Leave a comment

Jennifer Hessler discusses the place of Nielsen and comScore’s ratings panels in the digital age.

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The Reflexivity of Rigged Ratings: Nielsen in our Cultural Memory
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February 3, 2020 Jennifer Hessler / Bucknell University One comment

Jennifer Hessler discusses how television’s recurring trope of rigged ratings has shaped our cultural memory of Nielsen.

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To Each Their Own Ad: Nielsen and the Addressable Future of Linear TV
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November 4, 2019 Jennifer Hessler / Bucknell University Leave a comment

Jennifer Hessler discusses how Nielsen’s new machine learning systems are leading the drive to make linear TV addressable and what this means for the future of broadcasting.

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Flow is a critical forum on media and culture published by the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Flow’s mission is to provide a space where scholars and the public can discuss media histories, media studies, and the changing landscape of contemporary media.

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