An accompanying video to this guide is available below.
Mention Stream Filters can be accessed by the Funnel Icon at the top of any Mention Stream in Stream View. In List View, we’ll find the Advanced Filters at the top.
Mention Stream Filters allow you to locate news coverage based on:
Content:
Keywords - search for specific keywords within an article
Sources - find coverage from certain publications, websites, broadcast media
Media Types - filter by Online, Print etc.
Date Range - find coverage from a specific time period
Sort - control how coverage is displayed and choose between ascending or descending
We can apply Advanced Filters wherever see the dials/Advanced Filters buttons.
Advanced Filters
Keywords
MUST INCLUDE - only finds coverage which mentions the specific keyword(s)
AND ANY - coverage containing any of the keyword(s)
NOT these terms - excludes coverage containing the keyword(s)
We can also see Boolean Query Preview on this screen to see how this would look using Boolean.
To apply the filter, click on Confirm.
Media Types
We can filter by:
Online, Print, TV, Radio, Magazine
Location - the location of the source the coverage was published in
Category - Regional, National or Industry news
Domain Authority - choose from Low, Average, Good, Strong, Excellent
To apply the filter, click on Confirm
Sources
We can filter by:
Keyword
Location
Sector
Source Group - sources are grouped by their publisher. For example, BBC would yield results for all BBC outlets such as BBC One, BBC Two, etc.
Media Type
Once the filter is applied, you will see any matching coverage displayed and at the top right, you’ll see how many pieces of coverage match your criteria.
To apply the filter, click on Confirm
Upon using any of the advanced filters, the filters will apply only to the corresponding media type. For example, if category is set to “Regional” for Online content then Online content will be filtered by that category however all other content across all other selected media types will appear. In order to apply granular filters to all media types, use the “Apply to all media types applicable” button.
Content
We can filter by:
NLA or CLA Content - tick/untick as appropriate
Language - include/exclude specific languages
Tag - include/exclude specific tags
Author - coverage by specific journalist(s)
Word Count - minimum/maximum for words in the article
Page Number - range of pages the article appeared on
To apply the filter, click on Confirm
Date Range
We can use presets or set a custom from/to date range using the calendar function.
To apply the filter, click on Confirm
Metrics
Totals or Devices - select via the option at the top of the screen.
Audience - minimum/maximum
Advertising Value Equivalent - minimum/maximum
Sentiment - Negative, Trending Negative, Balanced, Positive, Trending Positive, No Rating
Impact Score - Low, Medium, High
React Score - Filter by the average score or React Categories.
React score categories:
React score models are grouped into 4 higher level categories for ease of analysis: controversy, emotionality, harm & spam.
Controversy is comprised of a weighted average from our Hyper partisanship, Satire, Controversy and Fake News models.
Emotionality is comprised of a weighted average from our Sentiment, Emotion, Sarcasm and Subjectivity models.
Harm is comprised of a weighted average from our Racism, Sexism, Hate Speech, Insult, Obscenity, Toxicity, and threat models.
Spam is comprised of a weighted average from our Clickbait and Spam models.
To apply the filter, click on Confirm
Other
We can exclude External Items (coverage we’ve added to CisionOne manually). Alternatively, we can only show External Items in our results.
To apply the filter, click on Confirm
