Consumerism In Social Media: A Cross-cultural Comparison (AI)
Consumerism In Social Media: A Cross-cultural Comparison (AI)
Yayıncı:
Uluslararası Yönetim, Ekonomi ve Politika Kongresi
Disiplin:
Cell Biology,Antibodies
Konu:
Cell Biology,Antibodies
Today, as a result of the internet and technological developments, the social media has become one of the main elements that influence consumer behavior, with frequently conducting marketing communications through social networks.In the new age when consumer attitudes change in line with social media sharing experiences and ideas, shared negative experiences and opinions can cause other consumers to develop their responses to and products.Negative experiences, insatisfactions, and the loss of confidence associated with them bring negative attitudes consisting of cognitive, behavioral and emotional components, and these "sinic" attitudes in consumers reveal a kind of "consumer sinism" of sinism.On the other hand, the post-modern consumers of our era, with a reverse tendency against emerging excess consumption, refuse corporate globalization and brand hegemony to use consumption anti-consumption.In this study, the concepts of cynism and consumption contradiction, which are often used together in literature, have been discussed separately.At the same time, taking into account the increasing impact of social media on consumer behavior, a cross-cultural comparison was made with the simultaneous semi-structured interview study in Italy and Turkey aimed at determining the effects of consumer sinism on social media.The findings reveal the sizes of consumer sinism in Italy and Turkey, the differences between their approaches to consumer boycott and the causes of sinism in two different cultures.On the other hand, cynism and consumption contradictions are clear as two separate concepts, providing a infrastructure for subsequent studies in this field.Abstract: nowadays, with conducting marketing communications frequently through social networks as a result of internet and technological developments, social media has become one of the main factors affecting consumer behaviors.In a new era in which consumer attitudes change in the direction of shared experiences and exchanges over social media, shared negative experiences and opinions can cause other consumers to react to and products.negative experiences, dissatisfaction and loss of confidence related to it bring along negative attitudes which are composed of cognitive, behavioral and emotional components, and these “cynic” attitudes that occur in consumers reveal “consumer cynicism”, a type of cynicism.On the other hand, the post-modern consumers of our age resort to the anti-consumption by rejecting the corporate globalization and brand hegemony with the opposite tendency towards the excessive consumption.In this study, the concepts of cynicism and consumption opposition, which are frequently used together in literature, are discussed separately.At the same time, with considering the growing impact of social media on consumer behavior, an intercultural comparison was made in Italy and Turkey simultaneously by semi-structured interview study to determine the effects of consumer cynicism on social media.The results show the levels of cynicism of consumers in both Italy and Turkey, the differences between their approaches to consumer boycott and the reasons for the emergence of cynicism in two different cultures.on the other hand, it provides clarification on the icomep'18-autumn, the international congress of management, economy and policy 2018 autumn Istanbul/Turkey, 1-2 December, 2018 317 concepts of cynicism and consumption opposition as two separate concepts and provides a basis for further studies in this area.