High reputation companies' social media performance in the context of Chinese digital market: based on Sina Weibo and WeChat platforms

This research aims to explore and evaluate thirty Chinese and thirty Occidental high reputation companies’ social media performance on two most popular Chinese social media platforms: Sina Weibo and WeChat. A synthetic methodological procedure has been formulated and adopted in two case studies by i...

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Autor: He, Xia
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/458524
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/458524
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Social media
High reputation
Occidental companies
Chinese companies
Social media performance
Chinese digital market
Social media strategies
Level of activity
Level of interaction
Measurement
Sina Weibo
WeChat
Medios sociales
Alta reputación
Empresas occidentales
Empresas chinas
Rendimiento de los medios sociales
Mercado digital chino
Estrategias de medios sociales
Nivel de actividad
Nivel de interacción
Medición
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Sumario:This research aims to explore and evaluate thirty Chinese and thirty Occidental high reputation companies’ social media performance on two most popular Chinese social media platforms: Sina Weibo and WeChat. A synthetic methodological procedure has been formulated and adopted in two case studies by incorporating KPIs, information architecture, content analysis and statistical method. A systematic measurement and classification framework has been established in three stages: initial two dimensional analyses (the level of activity and the level of interaction); synthetic cluster analysis (12 groups); the induction of five models. Ultimately, Xiaomi and McDonald’s were identified as the most successful representatives among all sixty companies on both platforms and the key factor for their success was excavated as creating users’ benefit-oriented content. Moreover, the worst ones and the normal ones were also identified. Meanwhile, the research results have demonstrated a series of similarities and differences in line with geography attributes and industries.