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An Analysis About The Use of Social Media in Turkish Hospitality Industry

Year 2012, Issue: 18, 99 - 109, 01.12.2012

Abstract

Social media is a term is employed for online facilities and websites that allow for fast information exchange and instant interaction. Today, social media became a medium which enabled firms to interact with more people. It is observed that hospitality that is one of the most important areas of service industry uses social media for such purposes as promotion, feedback and improving dialogue with consumers. In this context, the conceptual part of the study deals with the birth, development, definitions and classifications of social media and its utilization in hospitality. The research part of the study evaluates the best four hotels in Turkey in terms of likes, followers and subscribers of their social media pages by looking at the survey results of Holiday Check, one of the prominent hotel evaluatin sites, conducted in Turkey’s three most popular social media networks Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. In addition, in order to demonstrate social media policies of these hotels, officials who manage the social media accounts of hotels were interviewed

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Türkiye’de Otelcilik Sektöründe Sosyal Medyanın Kullanımına Yönelik Bir İnceleme

Year 2012, Issue: 18, 99 - 109, 01.12.2012

Abstract

Sosyal medya, kullanıcılarına hızlı enformasyon paylaşımı ve anında etkileşime geçme olanakları sunan çevrimiçi araçlar ve web siteleri için kullanılan bir terimdir. Günümüzde sosyal medya, çeşitli sektörden firmalara daha çok insanla karşılıklı iletişim kurma olanağı sunan bir ortam haline gelmiştir. Hizmet sektörünün en önemli parçalarından biri olan otelcilikte de sosyal medyanın tanıtım, müşterilerden geri bildirim almak ve onlarla diyalog geliştirmek gibi amaçlarla kullanıldığı görülmektedir. Bu doğrultuda, çalışmanın kavramsal çerçeve bölümünde, sosyal medya kavramının doğuşu, gelişimi, tanımları, çeşitleri ve sosyal medyanın otelcilik sektöründeki kullanımı ele alınmıştır. Çalışmanın araştırma bölümünde ise Türkiye’de en fazla zaman geçirilen üç sosyal medya ağı olan Facebook, Twitter ve Youtube’da, dünyanın önde gelen otel değerlendirme sitelerinden biri olan Holiday Check’in gerçekleştirdiği anket sonuçlarına göre Türkiye’nin en iyi dört otelinin resmi sayfalarındaki beğeni, takipçi, abone sayısı gibi unsurları araştırılmış ve sonuçlar değerlendirilmiştir. Ayrıca otellerin sosyal medya politikalarını ortaya koymak amacıyla otellerin sosyal medya hesaplarını yöneten birim sorumlularıyla da görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir

References

  • Atadil, H. Atahan, Berezina, Katerina, Yılmaz, Burcu Selin ve Çobanoğlu, Cihan (2010). “An Analysis of the Usage of Facebook and Twitter as a Marketing Tool in Hotels.” İşletme Fakültesi Dergisi 11 (2): 119-125.
  • Atar, Erkan (2010). Sosyal Medya Pazarlaması, Sosyal Web de Pazarlama Stratejileri. Ankara: Efil.
  • Aydoğan, Filiz ve Akyüz, Ayşen (der.) ( 2010). İkinci Medya Çağında İnternet. İstanbul: Alfa.
  • Boyd, Dannah M. ve Ellison, Nicole B. (2007). “Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 13(1): 210–230.
  • Burson S, D. Marsteller (2010). “The Global Social Media Check‐up 2010.” http://www.slideshare.net/ BMGlobalNews/global‐social‐media‐checkup. Erişim Tarihi: 17.07.2012.
  • Chan, Nga Ling ve Guillet Denizci, Başak (2011). “Investigation of Social Media Marketing: How Does the Hotel Industry in Hong Kong Perform in Marketing on Social Media Websites.” Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing 28: 345-368.
  • Cho, Junghoo ve Tomkins, Andrew (2007). “Social Media and Search.” Internet Computing. 11 (6): 13-15.
  • DiNucci, Darcy (1999). “Fragmented Future.” Print 53 (4): 32.
  • Hays, Stephanie, Page, Stephen John ve Buhalis, Dimitrios (2012). “Social Media as a Destination Marketingtool: Its Use by National Tourism Organisations.” Current Issues in Tourism 0: 1-29.Hoffman, Donna L. ve Fodor, Marek (2010). “Can You Measure the ROI of Your Social Media Marketing?” MIT Sloan Management Reviews 52 (1): 41-49.
  • Kaplan, M. Andreas ve Haenlein, Michael (2010). “Users of the World, Unite! The Challenges and Opportunities of Social Media.” Business Horizons. 53(1): 59-68.
  • Kietzmann, Jan H., Silvestre, Bruno S., McCarthy, Ian P. ve Pitt, Leyland F. (2012). “Unpacking the Social Media Phenomenon: Towards a Research Agenda.” Journal of Public Affairs 12 (2): 109-119.
  • Mangold, W. Glynn ve Faulds, David J. (2009). “Social Media: The New Hybrid Element of the Promotion Mix.” Business Horizons 52: 357-365.
  • Mayfield, Antony (2008). What is Social Media, iCrossing, e‐book, http://www.icrossing.co.uk/fileadmin/uploads/ eBooks/What_is_Social_Media_iCrossing_ebook.pdf. Erişim Tarihi: 17.08.2012.
  • O’Reilly, Tim (2005). “What Is Web 2.0”, O’Reilly Media, Inc. http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20. html. Erişim Tarihi: 16.07.2012.
  • O’Connor, P. (2008). “Online Social Media and Travel International-September 2008-Market Research Report.” http://oxygen.mintel. com/sinatra/oxygen/display/id=387948. Erişim Tarihi: 16.07.2012.
  • Papacharissi, Zizi (2009). “The Virtual Geographies of Social Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Facebook, LinkedIn and ASmallWorld.” New Media Society (11): 199
  • Park, Jongpil ve Oh, Ick-Keun (2012). “A Case Study of Social Media Marketing by Travel Agency: The Salience of Social Media Marketing in Tourism Industry.” International Journal of Tourism Sciences 12 (1): 93-106.
  • Perez-Latre, Francisco Javier, Portilla, Idoia, Blanco, Cristina Sánchez (2011). “Social Networks, Media and Audiences: A Literature Review.” Comunicación Y Sociedad 24 (1): 63-74.
  • Poynter, Ray (2010). İnternet ve Sosyal Medya Araştırmaları El Kitabı. Ümit Şensoy (çev.). İstanbul: Optimist.
  • Stokes, Ron ve Blake, Sarah (2009). E-Marketing, The Essential Guide to Online Marketing, Quirk eMarketing.
  • Verma, Rohit, Stock, Debra ve McCarthy, Laura (2012). “Customer Preferences for Online, Social Media, and Mobile Innovations in the Hospitality Industry.” Cornell Hospitality Quarterly 53 (3): 183-186.
  • Xiang, Zheng ve Gretzel, Ulrike (2010). “Role of Social Media in Online Travel İnformation Search.” Tourism Management 31: 179-188.
  • http://www.holidaycheck.com/holidaycheck-award?category=-1&lid=4. Erişim Tarihi: 17.06.2012.
  • “Üretim yöntemi ile GSMH-GSYH.” http://www.tuik.gov.tr/VeriBilgi.do?alt_id=55. Erişim Tarihi: 17.06.2012.
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Primary Language Turkish
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Özlem Kükrer Aydın This is me

Publication Date December 1, 2012
Published in Issue Year 2012 Issue: 18

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APA Aydın, Ö. K. (2012). Türkiye’de Otelcilik Sektöründe Sosyal Medyanın Kullanımına Yönelik Bir İnceleme. Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi(18), 99-109.