Media Flight Plan 7 A Strategic Approach to Media Planning Theory and Practice

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About This Book

Media Flight Plan was developed in response to the need for affordable media planning simulations in the university classroom. Professional level media planning software ranges in price from hundreds to thousands of dollars. Media Flight Plan, including both the textbook and the online simulation, sells at or below the average price of a used textbook. MFP provides university students' access to not only realistic simulations of planning software, but also includes access to professional syndicated data like MRI, SRDS, Nielsen data, (all by permission) and other syndicated sources that only large corporations and agencies can afford. Besides the online software simulation, the text includes eight chapters that cover basics like basic math models involved in media buying/planning, and exercises that cover calculation of audience ratings, media share, reach and frequency, and gross rating…