Am I Talking to a Person or a Corporation? How Brands Can Facilitate Conversations with Audiences and Why They Should

dc.contributor.advisorTaeho Lee Courtney Muntheren
dc.contributor.advisor
dc.contributor.advisor
dc.contributor.authorMortensen, Meghan
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-28T22:34:26Z
dc.date.available2022-09-28T22:34:26Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.description56 pagesen
dc.description.abstractDrawing on the dialogic communication framework, this paper examines how two Disney parks accounts dialogically communicated with their audiences through Twitter, and how that communication style is related to the audiences’ interaction with the accounts. I primarily wanted to examine the effect the use of dialogic communication tools had on interaction levels and on the discourse in the reply section of each tweet. @DisneyParks utilized more dialogic communication strategies than @WaltDisneyWorld, but the use of dialogic communication resulted in less interaction from audiences across both accounts. Significantly, neither account responded to any audience comments, operating these communication channels as formal communication venues from a corporation without dialogic engagement that would reach a more personal level with audiences. Based on these findings, I proposed suggestions for Disney’s communication strategy on social media to enhance audience interaction and place more emphasis on building relationships with interested audiences.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/27524
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen
dc.subjectPublic Relationsen
dc.subjectMarketingen
dc.subjectDialogic Communicationen
dc.subjectDialogicen
dc.subjectCommunicationen
dc.subjectSocialen
dc.subjectMediaen
dc.subjectDisneyen
dc.subjectRelationshipsen
dc.titleAm I Talking to a Person or a Corporation? How Brands Can Facilitate Conversations with Audiences and Why They Shoulden
dc.typeThesis / Dissertationen

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