Comparing Facebook as an interactive communication tool for companies in LatAm and worldwide

Social networks have changed the communication rules between companies and their stakeholders. Facebook became an important tool of communication strategies to promote interaction and dialogue. The objective of this study is to analyze how companies in LatAm and worldwide are managing the interactio...

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Autores: Capriotti, Paul|||0000-0002-9398-5886, Zeler, Ileana Lis|||0000-0002-5550-1000
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:303071
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/303071
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.15581/003.33.3.119-136
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gestión comunicativa
Comunicación corporativa
Comunicación estratégica
Social media
Facebook
Interacción
Communication management
Corporate communication
Strategic communication
Interaction
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Sumario:Social networks have changed the communication rules between companies and their stakeholders. Facebook became an important tool of communication strategies to promote interaction and dialogue. The objective of this study is to analyze how companies in LatAm and worldwide are managing the interaction with their stakeholders on Facebook. For this paper, 159 corporate profiles and 32,760 posts were analyzed through the methodology of content analysis. The categories selected were communication approach, communication resources, interaction level, and interaction rate. Results illustrate that the communication of companies in LatAm and worldwide mainly involves an informative approach on Facebook. The content disseminated by companies is not promoting interaction with the stakeholders. In contrast, companies are managed in a unidirectional way, meaning that it is not managed to establish and strengthen relationships, but rather to get visibility.