scholarly journals An analysis of how Fortune 500 companies respond to users replying to company tweets

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael North ◽  
Cong Li ◽  
Jiangmeng Liu

With hundreds of millions of active users generating almost a half of a billion tweets each day, Twitter has solidified itself as one of the most popular websites in today’s digital world. Because of this popularity, companies seeking to leverage the large audience have gravitated toward Twitter. This study examines how the Fortune 500 uses Twitter by analyzing 9,122 corporate tweets and 1,509 user replies through the use of content analysis. Examined factors include interactivity (non-interactive vs. reactive vs. interactive), company type (B2B vs. B2C), and user reply valence (positive vs. neutral vs. negative). Company response time to user replies is also investigated. The study results point to interactive tweets generating the most engagement. B2Cs not only respond faster to user replies but also generate more engagement than B2Bs. Negative replies can decrease engagement for B2Bs and B2Cs, but the influence on B2Bs is more profound. Companies responded the fastest to negative replies followed by positive replies and neutral replies, respectively. Thus, a company should assess its own business practices, target audience, and ability to perform customer service before creating a social media account such as Twitter.

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco SEGADO-BOJ

Abstract This paper introduces a bibliometric review of the scientific literature on social media and journalism published by journals indexed by Journal Citation Reports until 2017 (n=213). Besides descriptive measurements, it provides a co-citation and co-word analysis. A quantitative content analysis complements the bibliometric approach. Thus, the paper offers a conceptual and structural analysis of the field of study. Results show that the number of articles on the topic is growing steadily since 2014. United States, Australia and England stand as the most productive countries. Studies are based mostly on data from Europe and North America. Three conceptual clusters are identified: audience participation, user generated content and the influence of social media on journalistic professional values and practices. Most of the studies did not consider specific services but focused on the general concept of “social media”. Twitter was the most analyzed platform until recent years, when scholarly attention changed towards Facebook. Research has preferred focusing on political information in detriment of other branches of journalism. The most employed methods are content analysis and in-depth interviews. Further use of surveys and social network analysis, as well as stronger focus on visual studies, is suggested.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29
Author(s):  
Gregor Halff ◽  
Anne Gregory

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether there are information leaks immediately before CEOs change and – if so – whether some investors take financial advantage of such prior knowledge. It thirdly investigates the ethical, practical and professional options for communication managers to deal with such situations.Design/methodology/approachWorking from sentiment theory of financial markets, the authors studied Internet search patterns for incoming CEO names and stock market movements immediately prior to the public mention or speculation of CEO change.FindingsThe authors find that in nearly a quarter of CEO changes at Fortune 500 companies, the name of the future CEO seems to have been leaked. Additionally, nearly half of those companies also experience extreme, otherwise unexplainable movements in the stock market.Originality/valueThis paper discovers the prevalence of extreme stock market movements for a company when the name of that company's next CEO has likely been leaked. Such leaks are an opportunity for unscrupulous investors, but they create ethical dilemmas for organizations. Communication managers typically respond by organizing tighter governance. However, to keep up with the speed of information and investments traveling through algorithms, organizing radical transparency could become an alternative instead.


Author(s):  
Prof. (Dr.) Bandana Pandey ◽  
Sumedha Dhasmana

On July 23, 2015, the Press Trust of India released the news story about seven Indian companies making it to the reputed Fortune 500 list. These seven organizations form the basis of this research that aims to understand the socialmedia efforts of top Indian companies. Since Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms, the study examines the Facebook pages of seven Indian companies listed in the global Fortune 500 list of 2015. Undoubtedly, organizations take on various strategies for achieving maximum public support. Reaching the public through virtual platform like that of a Facebook is one such tactics that leads to communication flow and builds public goodwill. The research aimed at understanding how top Indian companies make use of their Facebook Pages in order to gain public support and popularity. The paper identifies loopholes and plus points that can help organizations and individual in analyzing Facebook Page use for growth and publicity purposes. Content analysis method has been adopted on 17 days wall posts of Facebook Pages of selected Indian companies. Findings indicate a variety of type of Facebook updates that includes photos, photos with relevantlinks, videos and video with relevant links. Among these, photo updates are most prominent on the Facebook pages of these organizations


2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 1483-1514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meike Eilert ◽  
Stefanie Robinson

When companies engage in corporate philanthropy, they can donate to a number of causes supporting a variety of issues, thus establishing cause portfolios. This research examines how the focus of a cause portfolio affects company evaluations. Results from an experiment show that when a company donates a small amount of money, consumers have lower evaluations of a company when the cause portfolio is focused (i.e., supports one issue) versus diverse (i.e., supports many issues). This is because the focused (vs. diverse) portfolio is perceived to have a weaker impact to society. We provide additional evidence of this effect using a data set of Fortune 500 companies’ foundations, showing that cause portfolios are more likely to result in lower stakeholder evaluations when focused (vs. diverse). Again, we find that donation amount alleviates the difference between focused and diverse portfolios. The findings hold important implications for the company’s management of cause portfolios.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 560-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Subramanian

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine social issue proxy filings by shareholders of US corporations in a period commonly referred to as the “shareholder spring” to understand who the filers are, what issues are typically the focus of the filings, what the dominant strategy is of various filers and the success rate of proxy-based shareholder social activism. Design/methodology/approach Using the shareholder-filed proxy as the unit of analysis, the study parsed the data from 410 proxies to gain insight into the process of shareholder social activism. Findings Religious groups, in contrast to large pension and mutual funds, use a small shareholding approach to form coalitions with other stakeholders to gain voting support. Proxies that call for disclosure elicit greater support than those that demand a change in a company’s business practices. If the goal of shareholder social activism is to keep the proxy issue alive from one shareholder meeting to the next, then non-individual proxy filers can be considered successful. Research limitations/implications While the study only considered proxies for 250 of the Fortune 500 companies, there is evidence that social activism can succeed if a coalition strategy is used and the shareholder’s motives appear to be legitimately altruistic. Practical implications It is important for corporate managers to consider the prevailing shareholder sentiment on social issues because such sentiments largely echo general societal concerns. Social implications While the debate is still unsettled on the shareholder versus the stakeholder argument, there is a high level of scrutiny on how a company operates in the larger societal context. Originality/value Propelled by the Dodd–Frank law and the shareholder spring movement, certain types of shareholders (primarily religious groups) are quite adept at eliciting support for social issues because of both their legitimacy and by the strategy that they follow.


Author(s):  
Priyanga Gunarathne ◽  
Huaxia Rui ◽  
Abraham Seidmann

Detecting and reporting systemic racial bias is an essential step toward the eradication of racial discrimination in our society. Doing so not only requires society members to voice and share their anecdotal experiences, but also relies on researchers to document systematic statistical evidence of racial bias. This paper documents the first large-scale evidence of business-to-customer racial bias on digital platforms on which the perpetrators are individual employees who act on behalf of a company and the victims are customers. This is in contrast to existing studies of racial bias on digital platforms that focus on peer-to-peer marketplaces in which both the perpetrators and the victims are individuals acting independently and on their own behalf. By analyzing more than 57,000 social media customer complaints to U.S. airlines and leveraging a variety of analytics techniques, including text mining and facial recognition, we present quantitative evidence that African American customers are less likely to receive a response when they complain than otherwise similar White customers. Furthermore, our deep learning–based falsification test shows that the bias is absent without the race-revealing visual cue. This study offers a practical yet powerful recommendation for companies: conceal all customer profile pictures from their employees while delivering social media customer service.


Author(s):  
Сергей Шиловский

В статье представлены результаты исследования влияния контента на вовлеченность персонала розничных сетей в отношения с брендом на примере социальной сети Facebook. Работа посвящена описанию подхода к классификации характеристик контента и изучению влияния данных характеристик на вовлеченность персонала в отношения с брендом в социальных сетях. Показана взаимосвязь вовлеченности покупателей в отношения с брендом в социальных сетях и вовлеченности персонала в отношения с брендом в социальных сетях. Новизна авторского подхода заключается в том, что в процессе проведения исследования учитывалась специфика розничных сетей, включая, как специфику бренд-сообщества, так и специфику контента российских розничных сетей в социальной сети Facebook. Результаты исследования позволят маркетологам розничных сетей повысить вовлеченность потребителей в отношения с брендом в социальных медиа. This article is the description of the investigations of the content influence on the Russian FMCG retail chains staff brand involvement in the social network sites (taking Facebook as an example), conducted in April 2019. Recently, most retail chains in the world have actively been using social networks to build relationships with the consumers. The success of the business itself depends upon the success of building those relationships. In this regard, most Russian retail chains have their own Facebook brand page. A consumer brand involvement in social networks is an important goal for every retail chain. In this regard, in recent years, a large number of investigations have been conducted, stating how content affects the consumer brand involvement in the social networks. At the same time, researchers suggest that the brand community is homogeneous and consists of consumers only. However, the logic of serviceoriented marketing itself shows that not only consumers, but also other stakeholders develop the relationships with the brands. The specific feature of the retail chains is a large number of staff who are also the members of the brand communities. According to the Facebook algorithm the staff brand involvement influences on the consumer brand involvement in the social media. That’s why a company should take care not only of the consumers brand involvement but also of the staff brand involvement. This study focuses on the impact of the content on the staff brand involvement in the social networks. It defines the relevance of this investigation. The originality of the author's approach is the analysis of the content influence on the staff brand involvement in the social networks. Based on the previous investigations of the content influence on the consumers brand involvement, the advertising influence on the consumers and other studied content factors, that affect the consumer and staff involvement in the social media, were identified and used in the content analysis that was applied for this investigation. The investigation was conducted by the content analysis method, 460 posts posted on the brand pages of the Russian retail chains on Facebook were analyzed within the period from January 1 till April 30, 2019. The results of the survey allow us to understand what kind of content influences on the staff brand involvement in the social nets. After completing the investigation, the authors developed recommendations for marketers of the retail chains that will allow increasing the staff brand involvement.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabriyan Fandi Dwi Imaniawan ◽  
Ragil Wijianto ◽  
Joko Dwi Mulyanto

AbstractThe development of internet-based technology has become a media for spreading information which is faster and more efficient than other media, such as print and electronic media. It is what drives a number of business owners to start exploring the digital world by opening websites and social media to promote their businesses. Multi Jaya Press is a company in Banyumas Regency which is engaged in the sale of motorcycle press tool and workshop installation services. In the marketing process,, Multi Jaya Press uses media in the form of a website which is located at www.superbengkel.co.id. The use of the website is still not optimal for searching several targeted keywords, thus the website is difficult to be found by the google search engine organically. Generally, a website owner will make a quick decision to solve this problem using paid Google ads. Although it can appear on the top page of google search, the use of paid Google ads will cost a lot of money. It is clearly seen when a website uses google ads, it will be labeled as an "advertisement". Therefore, a suitable strategy is needed to increase the position of keywords on the website www.superbengkel.co.id on the Google search page or the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). One of that strategy is the use of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The result of this research is that the website appears on the start page of Google search with the targeted keywords.Keywords: Website;Search Engine Optimization;SEO;Google;SERPAbstrakPerkembangan teknologi berbasis internet menjadi media penyebaran informasi yang lebih cepat dan efisien dibandingkan media lain seperti media cetak dan elektronik. Hal inilah yang menggerakan sejumlah pemilik bisnis untuk mulai merambah dunia digital dengan membuka website maupun media sosial untuk mempromosikan usaha mereka. Multi Jaya Press merupakan salah satu perusahaan di Kabupaten Banyumas yang bergerak dalam bidang penjualan alat press sepeda motor dan jasa instalasi bengkel. Dalam pemasarannya, Multi Jaya Press menggunakan media berupa website yang beralamat di www.superbengkel.co.id. Penggunaan website ini pun masih belum optimal, terutama dalam pencarian beberapa kata kunci yang ditargetkan. Hal ini menyebabkan website sulit ditemukan oleh mesin pencari google secara organik. Umumnya, seorang pemilik website akan mengambil keputusan secara cepat untuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut yaitu dengan menggunakan iklan berbayar dari google. Meskipun dapat tampil di halaman teratas pencarian google, akan tetapi penggunaan iklan seperti ini akan memakan biaya yang tidak sedikit. Terlebih ketika sebuah website menggunakan iklan dari google, maka akan dilabeli ‘iklan’ yang memungkinkan pengguna google lain tidak mau mengunjungi website tersebut. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan strategi yang cocok untuk menaikkan posisi kata kunci pada website www.superbengkel.co.id di halaman pencarian google atau Search Engine Results Page (SERP), salah satunya dengan menggunakan Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah website muncul di halaman awal pencarian google dengan kata kunci yang ditargetkan.Kata Kunci: Website;Search Engine Optimization;SEO;Google;SERP


Author(s):  
Som Sekhar Bhattacharyya ◽  
Neenu Neenu

Due to the present customer voice in a digital world, keeping a watchful eye on what customers were expressing on social media became a necessary firm imperative. For this study, the authors found that rather than using FGDs and survey research, digital tools like the applications of social media listening could serve as a valuable platform for gathering insights about a firm's latest strategy. This could be complemented by the existing channels of feedback. This research study focused on customer perspective. Data was collected from Indian consumers and social media handling experts regarding social listening based upon a semi structured open-ended questionnaire. The data collected was content analyzed based upon thematic content analysis. Customer voices were reading majorly complaints and compliments followed by advocacy. This helped to comprehend how well firm managers aligned and helped in getting insights regarding marketplace reflections for assessing a firm, its products, and its brands.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document