Research Article

User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media

Volume: 8 Number: 1 May 1, 2017
  • Eyup Akın
  • Belkıs Dilek Özbezek
TR EN

User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media

Abstract

Revolutionary transformating in information technologies led to serious transitions in people’s communication styles. One of these transitions is social media usage. Widespread usage of social media also made political inquiries to be shared on social media. In this study which is discussing the political message sharing over social media, data gathered over a 618 peopled sample by online questionnaire and these data are analyzed. It is identified that this communication which is determined as Political Word of Mouth Marketing Over Social Media occurs in three styles as “active-aggressive”, “passive -sensitive” and “relative-neutral”. These communication styles’ impacts on political message sharing over social media and also their interactions with socio-demographics are analyzed. The results point out that political message sharing over social media is distinctly affected from “active-aggressive” communication style.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Business Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Eyup Akın This is me

Belkıs Dilek Özbezek This is me

Publication Date

May 1, 2017

Submission Date

May 1, 2017

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 8 Number: 1

APA
Akın, E., & Özbezek, B. D. (2017). User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media. Journal of Internet Applications and Management, 8(1), 21-46. https://doi.org/10.5505/iuyd.2017.43265
AMA
1.Akın E, Özbezek BD. User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media. iuyd. 2017;8(1):21-46. doi:10.5505/iuyd.2017.43265
Chicago
Akın, Eyup, and Belkıs Dilek Özbezek. 2017. “User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media”. Journal of Internet Applications and Management 8 (1): 21-46. https://doi.org/10.5505/iuyd.2017.43265.
EndNote
Akın E, Özbezek BD (May 1, 2017) User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media. Journal of Internet Applications and Management 8 1 21–46.
IEEE
[1]E. Akın and B. D. Özbezek, “User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media”, iuyd, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 21–46, May 2017, doi: 10.5505/iuyd.2017.43265.
ISNAD
Akın, Eyup - Özbezek, Belkıs Dilek. “User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media”. Journal of Internet Applications and Management 8/1 (May 1, 2017): 21-46. https://doi.org/10.5505/iuyd.2017.43265.
JAMA
1.Akın E, Özbezek BD. User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media. iuyd. 2017;8:21–46.
MLA
Akın, Eyup, and Belkıs Dilek Özbezek. “User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media”. Journal of Internet Applications and Management, vol. 8, no. 1, May 2017, pp. 21-46, doi:10.5505/iuyd.2017.43265.
Vancouver
1.Eyup Akın, Belkıs Dilek Özbezek. User Tendencies Towards The Political Word Of Mouth Communications Over The Social Media. iuyd. 2017 May 1;8(1):21-46. doi:10.5505/iuyd.2017.43265

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