Are social media useful for managing reputation online? Comparing user interactions online with reputation indicators

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Abstract

Reputation is a growing concern to all organizations, regardless of their size or industry. Recently, social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook have become effective and efficient channels for an organization to build relationships with various publics, which is fundamental for reputation management. Applying the dialogic communication theory and the halo effect, the present study seeks to explore whether there is a significant relationship between a company’s reputation and the level of interaction on the respective company’s Facebook page (measured by the number of page ‘likes’, number of wall comments and commented comments by both the companies and users). This study used a social network analysis tool called NodeXL to gather data on Facebook. Results from the present study provide practical implications regarding online reputation management for organizations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSocial Computing and Social Media - 7th International Conference, SCSM 2015 Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Proceedings
EditorsGabriele Meiselwitz
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages207-215
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319203669
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event17th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2015 Held as Part of 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2015 - Los Angeles, United States
Duration: 2 Aug 20157 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9182
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2015 Held as Part of 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLos Angeles
Period2/08/157/08/15

Keywords

  • Dialogic communication
  • Facebook
  • Halo effect
  • Reputation management
  • Social networking sites (SNS)

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