4. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the media content item comprises receiving the content item from an element selected from the group consisting of: a broadcast television channel, a cable television channel, a broadcast radio channel, a private radio channel, a satellite-provided channel, the Internet-provided channel, and a local content-storage device.
1. A method for analyzing a media content item, the method comprising: receiving, by a media analyzer, the media content item; evaluating, by the media analyzer, at least a portion of the media content item; delimiting, by the media analyzer, a segment of the media content item; based, at least in part, on the evaluating, associating, by the media analyzer, a sentiment-state keyword with the delimited segment; and storing, by the media analyzer, a map of the delimited segment, the map comprising the associated sentiment-state keyword and a delimitation of the segment; wherein the delimited segment comprises an element selected from the group consisting of: audio content and video content; wherein the associating is based, at least in part, on an evaluation of an element selected from the group consisting of: audio content of the delimited segment and video content of the delimited segment; wherein associating comprises associating a confidence value with the sentiment-state keyword associated with the segment; and wherein storing comprises storing the keyword confidence value in the map of the delimited segment.