Perception of Consumers toward Social Media Marketing

dc.contributor.advisorFethi, Sami
dc.contributor.authorBakhtiary, Mahnaz
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-24T13:10:25Z
dc.date.available2021-02-24T13:10:25Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.submitted2019
dc.departmentEastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Business Administrationen_US
dc.descriptionMaster of Arts in Marketing Management. Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Business Administration, 2019. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sami Fethi.en_US
dc.description.abstractNowadays social media has become more popular in various part of the world and the major reason for such a thing is sufficient innovations and technological developments. Accordingly, people can easily connect to each other using different kinds of apps such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter which are accessible on the internet. As a result, every firm is focusing on social media and using it as marketing component because of its broad reach as well as economic characteristic. This study empirically investigate the perception of consumers toward social media marketing in North Cyprus. The research also evaluates the personal, social as well as psychological factors of social media based on gender, age, job statues, occupation as well as income level. In order to collect data, the research survey has used quantitative method and totally 100 students and locals participated in this research. Further, the collected data are analyzed by Frequency, Descriptive Statistics, Independent T-test and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to investigate if there are significant differences among the groups under investigation. The outcome of the study demonstrates that majority of participants are positive regarding usage of social media to obtain information and buy products and services. However, there are limited number of respondents who are less interested to use social media as a reliable source to achieve information and make purchase. Keywords: social media, consumer behavior, making decision process, purchase, independent T-test and One-Way Anova analysis, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprusen_US
dc.description.abstractÖZ: Sosyal medya günümüzde dünyanın birçok yerinde giderek popüler hale gelmiştir ve bu durumun temel nedeni yeterli yenilik ve teknolojik gelişmelerdir. Böylelikle, insanlar, İnternet üzerinden erişilebilen Instagram, Facebook ve Twitter gibi farklı uygulamalar kullanarak birbirine kolayca bağlanabilir. Sonuç olarak, her firma sosyal medyaya odaklanmakta ve geniş kapsamlı olduğu kadar ekonomik özelliği nedeniyle de pazarlama bileşeni olarak kullanmaktadır. Bu çalışma, Kuzey Kıbrıs'ta satın alma karar sürecinde sosyal medyanın tüketici davranışları üzerindeki etkisini ampirik olarak incelemektedir. Ayrıca, toplanan veriler, incelenen gruplar arasında önemli farklılıklar olup olmadığını araştırmak için Frekans, Tanımlayıcı İstatistikler, Bağımsız T-Testi ve Tek Yönlü Varyans Analizi (ANOVA) ile tespit edilir. Çalışmanın sonucu, katılımcıların çoğunluğunun bilgi edinmek, ürün ve hizmet satın almak için sosyal medya kullanımı konusunda olumlu olduğunu göstermektedir. Ancak, sosyal medyayı bilgi edinmek ve satın almak için güvenilir bir kaynak olarak kullanmakla daha az ilgilenen sınırlı sayıda katılımcı bulunmaktadır. Anahtar kelimeler: sosyal medya, tüketici davranışı, karar verme, satın alma, bağımsız t-testi and tek yön Anova, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Kuzey Kıbrısen_US
dc.identifier.citationBakhtiary, Mahnaz. (2019). Perception of Consumers toward Social Media Marketing. Thesis (M.A.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of Business Administration, Famagusta: North Cyprus.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/4875
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryTez
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectBusiness Administrationen_US
dc.subjectMarketing Managementen_US
dc.subjectSocial media--Marketingen_US
dc.subjectBusiness enterprises--Computer network resources--Internet marketingen_US
dc.subjectInternet marketing--Social media--Marketing--Social networksen_US
dc.subjectSocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectconsumer behavioren_US
dc.subjectmaking decision processen_US
dc.subjectpurchaseen_US
dc.subjectindependent T-test and One-Way Anova analysisen_US
dc.subjectEastern Mediterranean Universityen_US
dc.subjectNorth Cyprusen_US
dc.titlePerception of Consumers toward Social Media Marketingen_US
dc.typeMaster Thesis

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