To contribute to the debate on the role of social media in responsible business, this article explores blogger buzz in reaction to food companies’ press releases on health and obesity issues, considering the content and the level of fit between the CSR initiatives and the company. Findings...

Marketers are being inundated with social media metrics, but there is little consensus on what one should be measuring, let alone how these measures inform marketing strategy. This article attempts to bring clarity to the situation by adopting an integrated marketing communications perspective....

Social Media platforms’ integration is a technology of creating a unique user experience by providing a common web-platform, wherefrom the user can access different social media vehicles. This paper checks the patterns and modes of usage of different social media platforms. This demographic...

In the digital economy, influencing and controlling the spread of information is a key concern for firms. One way firms try to achieve this is to target firm communications to consumers who embrace and propagate the spread of new information on emerging and `trending' topics on social media....

The main aim was to determine the level of satisfaction of users of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by comparing the concept of a “virtual social network” with the perception of use by the users from the subjective evaluation of five features. An empirical study was realized with users of...

Social media usage in the world and especially in Pakistan has a high growth due to which it (social media) has a potential of becoming an effective marketing tool. Despite its comparatively low cost and significance, marketers are not effectively utilizing social media. Thus the aim of this...

In this paper, I develop afresh a comprehensive approach to market segmentation of Facebook users. The approach considers the implications of Facebook’s multi-sided platform (MSP) based business model. Using cluster analysis of survey data, I develop a basic 3 segments solution for the online...

Models of distance education have evolved over decades, just in time to collide with modern pedagogies in which communication, interaction, student engagement, and active learning are of critical importance. The social media technologies encompass a wide variety of Web-based technologies such as...

The purpose of this study was to determine the motives, the brakes and the ways of using Social Networking Sites (SNS) based on dimensional models that describe national cultural values explaining and predicting behavior. The study used a qualitative method, we conducted face-to-face in-depth...

Objective – The research aims to test influence of promotion in social media and effect of brand equity on Consumer Buying Interest. Methodology/Technique – This research uses descriptive verification method that examines many as 115 respondents with 15-40 years of age category, because it...