Exploring interactivity strategies in social media communications of leading universities
Social media has become an important tool for universities to implement strategies to promote, position and differentiate their brand identity, to establish and foster the communicative relationship with their stakeholders. This study explores the interactivity strategy developed in digital communic...
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| Publication date: | 2024 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repository: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/300222 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1177/21582440241259399 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Digital communication Institutional communication Interactivity Social media Universities |
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| author | Capriotti, Paul|||0000-0002-9398-5886 |
| author2 | Carreton-Ballester, Carmen|||0000-0002-4851-9683 Zeler, Ileana Lis|||0000-0002-5550-1000 |
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| author_browse | Capriotti, Paul|||0000-0002-9398-5886 Carreton-Ballester, Carmen|||0000-0002-4851-9683 Zeler, Ileana Lis|||0000-0002-5550-1000 |
| author_facet | Capriotti, Paul|||0000-0002-9398-5886 Carreton-Ballester, Carmen|||0000-0002-4851-9683 Zeler, Ileana Lis|||0000-0002-5550-1000 |
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| description | Social media has become an important tool for universities to implement strategies to promote, position and differentiate their brand identity, to establish and foster the communicative relationship with their stakeholders. This study explores the interactivity strategy developed in digital communication by 70 leading universities from Europe, the United States and Latin America. A specific quantitative methodology was designed to analyze the universities' social media publications (90,241). The general communicative approach and the communication resources applied were studied through quantitative content analysis. Results show that the universities have an informational approach in their publications on social networks, with little differences among regions and platforms. Expositive and interactive resources are being used in a broad, integrated manner although there are some differences in each region and social network. Thus, the universities opt for a monological interactivity strategy in their digital institutional communication, with little differences between social networks. They are changing toward a model that continues to prioritize dissemination of information, but it is evolving toward more combination of various communication resources that make content more attractive to their publics. This research provides insights into interactivity strategies used by universities on social networks to develop effective digital communication strategies for enhancing engagement with publics. |
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| spelling | Exploring interactivity strategies in social media communications of leading universities a cross-continental study Capriotti, Paul|||0000-0002-9398-5886 Carreton-Ballester, Carmen|||0000-0002-4851-9683 Zeler, Ileana Lis|||0000-0002-5550-1000 Digital communication Institutional communication Interactivity Social media Universities Social media has become an important tool for universities to implement strategies to promote, position and differentiate their brand identity, to establish and foster the communicative relationship with their stakeholders. This study explores the interactivity strategy developed in digital communication by 70 leading universities from Europe, the United States and Latin America. A specific quantitative methodology was designed to analyze the universities' social media publications (90,241). The general communicative approach and the communication resources applied were studied through quantitative content analysis. Results show that the universities have an informational approach in their publications on social networks, with little differences among regions and platforms. Expositive and interactive resources are being used in a broad, integrated manner although there are some differences in each region and social network. Thus, the universities opt for a monological interactivity strategy in their digital institutional communication, with little differences between social networks. They are changing toward a model that continues to prioritize dissemination of information, but it is evolving toward more combination of various communication resources that make content more attractive to their publics. This research provides insights into interactivity strategies used by universities on social networks to develop effective digital communication strategies for enhancing engagement with publics. https://ddd.uab.cat/record/300222 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1177/21582440241259399 |
| spellingShingle | Exploring interactivity strategies in social media communications of leading universities Capriotti, Paul|||0000-0002-9398-5886 Digital communication Institutional communication Interactivity Social media Universities |
| title | Exploring interactivity strategies in social media communications of leading universities |
| title_full | Exploring interactivity strategies in social media communications of leading universities |
| title_fullStr | Exploring interactivity strategies in social media communications of leading universities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring interactivity strategies in social media communications of leading universities |
| title_short | Exploring interactivity strategies in social media communications of leading universities |
| title_sort | Exploring interactivity strategies in social media communications of leading universities |
| topic | Digital communication Institutional communication Interactivity Social media Universities |
| topic_facet | Digital communication Institutional communication Interactivity Social media Universities |
| url | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/300222 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1177/21582440241259399 |