Triathlon posts on Instagram

A brand’s identity reflects the core values of a brand. Meanwhile the brand image are users’ associations with the brand. Therefore, to know users’ perceptions and to possibly obtain congruence between the brand identity and the brand image, it is immensely important to implement an efficient market...

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Autores: Einsle, Carmen Sarah, García Fernández, Jerónimo, Escalera Izquierdo, Gregorio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/169730
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/169730
https://doi.org/10.12800/ccd.v19i60.2111
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Online marketing
Fan engagement
Sports event
Social media
Content analysis.
Marketing digital
fan engagement
evento deportivo
medios sociales
análisis de contenido.
Evento deportivo
Medios sociales
Análisis de contenido
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Sumario:A brand’s identity reflects the core values of a brand. Meanwhile the brand image are users’ associations with the brand. Therefore, to know users’ perceptions and to possibly obtain congruence between the brand identity and the brand image, it is immensely important to implement an efficient marketing strategy. Hence, this study’s main aim is to analyse the differences of image appeals, comparing the sports event identities and the sports events’ brand images and their effect on user interactions. A content analysis was conducted, with an overall sample of 629 Instagram images of five triathlons. An especially for this study developed codebook was employed. The most frequent appeals were people, athletes, urban surroundings, running as a sport, the start-/finish line as event momentum and concentration as an emotion with 90% showing a positive tone. Posts displaying people, emotions, a positive tone, and the start-/finishing line obtained higher interaction rates. Posts including women or swimming showed high mean values in interactions but were rather underrepresented. The results contribute to the literature on social media marketing within the field of sports events by exploring Instagram post appeals from the perspective of the organisers, and the users and their impact on user interaction.