The world of digital marketing is advancing at a rapid rate, an ever so increasing number of individuals are connected to the world wide web and subsequently being exposed to marketing messages in the thousands each day. For marketers this poses a unique challenge when it comes to creating a marketing segment which conveys their message effectively by attaining the attention of the consumer. This in turn means that their marketing efforts may be lost in the digital sea of millions other impressions being thrown at the daily user. The purpose of this research paper is to therefore explore and gain greater understanding on how companies’ perception about consumer attention span could be, to then provide a perspective on how the modern marketer can work to incorporate this as a factor in their marketing. This research study was conducted through a qualitative methodology with a deductive approach which meant that theories were first gathered to then be compared with the empirical evidence consisting of three semi-structured interviews with chosen companies. The research indicated that modern marketers could benefit from understanding their target audience and catering their marketing message to suit their needs and values. Furthermore, constant measurement and analysis proved to be important in creating the best type of advertisement which captured the attention of the consumer. / Modern digital marknadsföring utvecklas i en väldigt snabb takt, allt fler individer är idag kopplade till internet och blir därigenom exponerade för tusentals marknadsföringsmeddelanden varje dag. För marknadsförare skapar detta en unik utmaning när det kommer till att skapa marknadsföring som förmedlar ett budskap effektivt genom att fånga konsumentens uppmärksamhet. Om marknadsföraren misslyckas här kan det leda till att deras meddelande försvinner bland de miljontals andra meddelanden som slängs mot konsumenten i den enorma digitala världen. Syftet med den här studien är därmed utforska och anskaffa mer förståelse gällande hur företags uppfattning om konsumenters uppmärksamhetsförmåga ser ut för att sedan erbjuda ett perspektiv för den moderna marknadsföraren om hur denne kan arbeta för att integrera detta som en faktor i sin marknadsföring. Den här forskningen genomfördes genom en kvalitativ metodologisk design där deduktiv ansats användes. Detta innebar att författarna först samlade teori som sedan jämfördes och analyserades tematiskt med den insamlade empirin som bestod av semi-strukturerade intervjuer av tre företag. Studien visade att den moderna marknadsföraren kan gynnas av att ha en djup förståelse av sin målgrupp för att kunna utforma marknadsföringssegment på ett sätt som passar deras behov och värderingar. Vidare påvisades även att det kan vara fördelaktigt att ständigt mäta och analysera marknadsföringsinsatser för att kunna förstå vad som fungerar och vad som borde förändras i framtiden just för att skapa marknadsföring som bättre fångar konsumenters uppmärksamhet.

<p>    </p> <p>Social Media Platforms (SMPs) are used by almost 60% of the global population. Along with the ubiquity of SMPs, there are increasing Trust & Safety (T&S) risks that expose users to spam, harassment, abuse, and other harmful content online. <em>T&S Engineering </em>is an emerging area of software engineering striving to mitigate these risks. This study provides the first step in understanding this form of software engineering.</p> <p>This study examines how T&S Engineering is practiced by SMP engineers. I studied two open-source (OSS) SMPs, Mastodon and Diaspora, which comprise 89% of the 9.6 million OSS SMP accounts. I focused on the T&S design process by analyzing T&S discussions within 60 GitHub issues. I applied a T&S discussion model to taxonomize the T&S risks, T&S engineering patterns, and resolution rationales. I found that T&S issues persist throughout a platform’s lifetime, they are difficult to resolve, and engineers favor reactive treatments. To integrate findings, I mapped T&S engineering patterns onto a gen- eral model of SMPs. My findings give T&S engineers a systematic understanding of their T&S risk treatment options. I conclude with future directions to study and improve T&S Engineering, spanning software design, decision-making, and validation. </p>

This case study aims to explore how emotional communication on social media can influence the target group by examining the communicative strategies, including visuals and narratives, used by the climate activist group Rebellmammorna. Eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with members of Rebellmammorna to investigate how they describe their communicative strategies, how they use emotional communication to establish a relationship with their target group, and how users experience the communication on their social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, and their webpage). Data were also collected through digital ethnography of their social media channels. The data was then analysed through a thematic analysis. The results indicate that Rebellmammorna's own perspective in how they describe their communication strategies agrees with the users' experiences of Rebellmammorna's Instagram and Facebook channels, which suggests that they are successful in their communication. / Denna fallstudie syftar till att undersöka hur emotionell kommunikation på sociala medier kan på verka målgruppen genom att undersöka de kommunikationsstrategier, inklusive visuella och narrativa element, som används av klimataktivistgruppen Rebellmammorna. AJ tta semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med medlemmar i Rebellmammorna för att undersöka hur de beskriver sina kommunikationsstrategier, hur de använder emotionell kommunikation för att etablera en relation med sin målgrupp, och hur användarna upplever kommunikationen på deras sociala medieplattformar (Facebook, Instagram och deras webbplats). Data samlades också in genom digital etnograLi av deras sociala mediekanaler. Datan analyserades sedan med hjälp av tematisk analys. Resultaten indikerar att Rebellmammornas egna perspektiv i hur de beskriver sina kommunikationsstrategier överensstämmer med användarnas upplevelser av Rebellmammornas Instagram- och Facebook-kanaler, vilket antyder att de är framgångsrika i sin kommunikation.

This research aims to investigate the impact of social media influencer’s credibility dimensions (Trustworthiness, Attractiveness, and Expertise), in shaping consumer's behaviour (Purchasing intention of customers and customer's attitude towards the brand). This proposed theoretical framework is based on social learning theory and the theoretical implications of the previous literature which is related to social media influencer marketing. For this empirical study, the data has been collected from Pakistani consumers who are following social media influencers who share and endorse products related to the fashion industry. Data is collected from 149 individuals out of which 135 were valid respondents.  Results reveal that social media influencer's credibility dimension (Trustworthiness, Attractiveness, and Expertise) positively influence the customer’s attitude towards the brands as well as the purchase intentions of the customers. In addition, the study has significance for social media influencers in the fashion and style sector in terms of understanding the factors of followers' devotion to them and the noticeable effects of followers' allegiance on their behaviour. This study adds to the literature on social media influencer marketing by demonstrating the importance of follower’s perspective towards the social media influencers. Previous studies lack in providing the Pakistan perspective related to social media influencermarketing and this research attempts to fulfill that gap. Another important aspect of this study is that the pictures of influencers have been used to conduct this research.

Technological advancements and affordability enable voicing of social injustice, feelings of deprivation, and oppression. Spatial barriers no longer pose obstacles to connecting with like-minded (or dissimilar) others to define and refine ingroup and outgroup. Some scholars anticipate that the internet liberates the discussion of opinions, others claim social networking platforms play a role in the polarisation of the public by creating echo chambers. However, it is recognised that ideas, ideologies, and social movements spread across the internet at an unprecedented pace. Connecting with others with whom one shares deprivation in a support network offers a sense of belonging. Broad scholarly literature addresses opinion polarisation and potential radicalisation in online social media platforms. However, quantifying radicalisation trajectories in fringe online communities like the misogynist incels are still to be done. In this thesis I study the online presence of the incel community. Incels are mostly young men who feel stigmatised and need to hide their incel existence. Incels voice their feelings of deprivation of a relationship and sex with a willing partner. This unfulfilled masculinity and sense of entitlement to sex cause frustration and anger which are vented in online forums blaming primarily women and feminism. Calls for action to social change, even for violence is common. However, incels do not unanimously consider violence a solution, many demonstrate the tame side of the so-called blackpilled mindset, the acceptance of powerlessness, and nihilism. Regardless, some scholars view the community as potentially dangerous to society, labelling them as terrorists. This study investigates whether participating registered users of the Incels.is website display increasing tendency toward expressing utterances with the themes of misogyny, harassment, nihilism, and moral outrage in their posted messages, and whether users gradually become more aligned with the general perception of incels in previous scholarly work. In other words, this work tests whether active participation increases the frequency of utterances of misogyny, harassment, and moral outrage, thus demonstrating a radicalisation tendency or increased nihilism. To answer the research question, I first scraped the Incels.is website, and retained ~5.38M posts published over 4 years for analysis. Next, a subset of posts was manually labelled to train a supervised text classification model (BERT). Finally, the results of the classification task were complemented with Ordinary Least Squares regression (n = 4623). The analyses uncover temporal user-level radicalisation trajectories, and increased nihilism. More specifically, the duration of active participation (in days) and the number of posted messages positively predict the count of moral outrage, misogynistic, harassing, and nihilistic content.

The rapid expansion of technology has posed challenges in moderating hateful content on social media platforms, particularly in non-text formats like TikTok videos. This study addresses a significant gap in scholarly research by examining the intersection of TikTok and journalistic content within the Ethiopian diaspora community. The research aims to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of hate speech in ethnic-based social media platforms operated by the Ethiopian diaspora, focusing on two prominent platforms: Ethio 360 Media and Gadaa Media Network (Gadaa MN), representing the Amhara and Oromo ethnic groups, respectively. Employing content analysis methodology, the study examines a hundred TikTok video clips from these platforms, drawing upon the theoretical framework of Framing Theory. This framework encompasses Frame Amplification, Frame Transformation, and Frame Contest, allowing for the identification of distinct patterns in hate speech language and content presentation between the two platforms. Key findings highlight several significant insights: (1) Both Ethio 360 Media and Gadaa MN exhibit similarities in hate speech, particularly in incitement of violence or threats. However, Ethio 360 Media employs uniquely demeaning and dehumanizing language, absent in Gadaa MN's journalistic content; (2) Analysis of hate speech types reveals differences in prevalence and focus within journalistic content, with both platforms engaging in politics-based hate speech but disparities emerging in ethnicity-based hate speech; (3) Examination of targeted entities unveils differing framing strategies, with both platforms targeting the Ethiopian government but diverging in their approaches toward other entities such as the Oromo ethnic group and educational institution; (4) Analysis of news coverage genres indicates variations in content presentation, with Ethio 360 Media relying more on commentary while Gadaa MN focuses predominantly on straight newscasts; (5) Exploration of news coverage areas reveals distinct content focuses between the two platforms, with Ethio 360 Media covering Ethiopia as a whole and various regions within the country, while Gadaa MN primarily focuses on the Oromia Region, occasionally covering foreign countries or regions.

This research analyzed three Latina social media celebrities’ self-presentations on Instagram and focused on whether or not the content they published potentially challenges or simply perpetuates stereotypical tropes of Latinas found in mainstream media. This qualitative study took an Ideological Critical approach through a textual analysis that was informed by Feminist Theory. More specifically the research focused on: What were Latina social media celebrities self-presentations on Instagram that characterize what a Latina is? How were Latina social media celebrities self-presentations different from or similar to, mainstream stereotypical tropes for Latinas? Lastly, how do the Latina social media celebrities’ self-presentations compare and contrast, what type of themes emerged?

網路社群媒體平台可能是數位發行的年代中至目前為止最具有威力的媒體平台。整合Facebook、部落格、微網誌、影音社群、SNS（Social Networking Service ），即時通訊等的網路社群媒體平台，可與真實資料的他人免費、不受時空限制的合作、共同參與、分享彼此資源資訊，使得訊息發送、情感聯繫不但更加緊密並快速營造如朋友社群般的關係影響力，再加上無線網路環境和數位化載具的快速進展，智慧型手機IPAD等滿足了大家的多元即時性，網路社群媒體平台串聯出的威力和影響力，已成為傳統媒體之外的另一個發聲利器，其威力甚至有時要比傳統媒體還要強烈，影響還要深遠！ 本研究旨在探討網路社群媒體平台之於表演藝術團體的價值，表演藝術團體如何運用網路社群媒體平台來進行營運，以及其關鍵的成功因素等議題，盼能引起大眾及表演藝術團體對網路社群媒體平台的了解與重視。研究選擇國內已經在網路社群媒體平台上活躍使用的表演藝術團體個案進行深度訪談及觀察探究，並輔以國外表演藝術團體網絡上的實地觀察和研究，以及次級文獻資料的蒐集佐證，進行分析探討。 本研究將「網路社群媒體平台」的角色定位為「表演藝術團體營運推展的有力夥伴，以體驗經濟形式共同創建表演藝術團體的營運產值」，研究問題及研究發現如下： 研究問題一：網路社群媒體平台之於表演藝術團體之價值為何？ 對應結論一：其價值有二點，包括： 一、網路社群媒體平台與表演藝術團體是虛擬的A型團隊合作關係。 二、網路社群媒體平台是表演藝術團體另一個微型的線上舞台，也是體驗經濟的延伸實踐。 研究問題二：網路社群媒體平台如何幫助表演藝術團體營運？ 對應結論二：其營運協助有五點，包括： 一、網路社群媒體平台讓表演藝術團體有更多的自主性及主導權來宣傳其創作作品，如同自己開了一家不用成本的二十四小時專屬媒體頻道。 二、網路社群媒體平台可協助表演藝術團體擴展精準觀眾群，並讓彼此之間關係互動更即時熱絡和緊密。 三、網路社群媒體平台可以協助本土的表演藝術團體更容易國際知曉增加國外粉絲。 四、網路社群媒體平台的免費及低學習門檻特性，讓非營利組織的表演藝術團體節省了大部分網路軟硬體設備及網路專業訓練的成本，甚至行銷宣傳經費。 五、網路社群媒體平台已成功協助表演藝術團體販售周邊商品，票券和募款。 研究問題三：表演藝術團體運用網路社群媒體平台營運的關鍵成功因素？ 對應結論三：關鍵成功因素，包括： 一、表演藝術團體運用五感體驗及說故事的力量鼓動並掌握群眾的互動和黏著度。 二、創意、主題策畫、知識涵度並以觀眾服務角度勤發布的真誠內容仍是吸引群眾擴充增加、協同、分享並每日追隨的重要因素。 三、明星偶像效應勢不可擋，表演藝術團體中靈魂級人物的訊息和親自上陣互動仍是令群眾瘋狂黏著並串聯分享的主因。 四、表演藝術團體對社群網路媒體平台的媒體特性、功能及操作技巧的了解以及主事者的全力支持是其推展營運最重要成功關鍵。 / In the digital publishing era, the media platforms of social networking websites have probably been the most powerful figure by far. By integrating the social networking websites of Facebook, blogs, microblogs, video-sharing websites, SNS (Social Networking Service), people can join and share resources and information and get from people their substantial cooperation that is free and unlimited by time and space.The delivery of messages can be speedier, and relation closer; moreover, the effect as that produced within a community of friends can thus be developed.Due to the highly advanced WiFi and digital devices, smartphones and tablet computers meet the need for diversity and instantaneity.The power and influence gained by integrating media platforms of social networking websites has become efficiently instrumental for one to be heard, and its force can reach far greater and deeper than the traditional media! The research aims at exploring issues concerning what the value media platforms of social networking websites can have on performing arts groups, how to run the groups through those platforms, and the key factors of success, in order to draw the attention from and increase the understanding of the public. The subjects chosen in this study are performing arts groups that have been active in media platforms of social networking websites in Taiwan. In-depth interview and observation will be used in exploring each case. Foreign performing arts groups will also be observed at the scene and studied; besides, the documentation of secondary materials will be collected, analyzed and discussed. Topic 1 What is the value of media platforms of social networking websites to performing arts groups? Conclusion 1 There are two valuable facts: 1.The relation between media platforms of social networking websites and performing arts groups belongs to virtual "Type A" cooperation. 2.Media platforms of social networking websites function as an alternative micro "online stage" of performing arts groups, and that is also the realization of the extension of experience economy. Topic 2 In what ways can media platforms of social networking websites help operate performing arts groups? Conclusion 2 There are five ways: 1.Media platforms of social networking websites allow greater independence and control for performing arts groups in promoting their works, as if they own a channel exclusive for themselves, broadcasting non-stop and without cost. 2.Media platforms of social networking websites can help broaden the targeted audience, and make the interaction between them closer. 3.Media platforms of social networking websites can help local performing arts groups increase their visibility overseas and thus the number of foreign fans. 4.The free-of-charge feature and highly accessibility of media platforms of social networking websites allows the non-profit performing arts groups to save much of the cost of hardware, software and training, even the promotion. 5.Media platforms of social networking websites have successfully assisted performing arts groups to sell merchandise and tickets, and to raise funds. Topic 3 What are the KSF (Key Success Factors) in the employment of media platforms of social networking websites by performing arts groups? Conclusion 3 The KSF are: 1.The force created by performing arts groups using sensory experience to tell stories can encourage and control the interaction and attachment of the audience. 2.Creativity, theme planning, knowledge imparted, and the sincere and diligent posting of messages that are service-based, audience-centered, still serve essentially to attract the public that may increase in number and be willing to cooperate and share with each other day after day. 3.Stars are invincible! The messages and presence of, and the interaction with the key figures of performing arts groups can make the audience crazy and thus get closer to share. 4.The understanding of the characteristics, functions, operating skills of media platforms of social networking websites by performing arts groups, plus the full support from the person in charge, is the crucial factors of success.

This diploma thesis which is titled Communication of selected companies in online and offline environment (illustrated on enterprises České dráhy, RegioJet and Leo Express) aims to map the communication activities of the mentioned carriers on online and offline media platforms in the Czech environment. In the theoretical part is defined the basic terminology of analyzed issues, above all from the area of communication, media, marketing and partially also from the perspective of linguistics. The practical part besides the methodology includes a presentation of the analyzed companies, České dráhy, RegioJet and Leo Express, and also a descriptive analysis of their presentation or more precisely communication activities on various media types and platforms - for each of the mentioned companies separately. Furthermore, in the practical part there is a comparison of analyzed companies, based on the results of descriptive analysis and there is also a description of an additional quantitative analysis - a questionnaire survey, which was answered by a total of 808 respondents of all ages from all over the country - so in this case from the customer's point of view. At the end of the practical part, the results are summarized and evaluated, and besides, there are also from them following recommendations -...

The impact of international mobility and globalization on universities has led to a greater need for students. Thus, throughout students stay in their destinatio ncountry, prospective students access a variety of sources of information and make simultaneous decisions about where to travel; decision making is required at everystage of the travel process (pre-travel, during travel, and post travel). Previous to the advent of social media dominate traditional sources of information, such as print media, educational fairs and university websites. The social media websites such as social networking (Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn,), microblogging (Twitter,Tumblr), photo sharing (Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest), Video sharing (YouTube,Facebook Live, Periscope, Vimeo) become an alternative source of university information as many young people and students engage, work and participate in this online community. The purpose of this thesis is to research the influence of social media on the decision-making process of Ethiopian educational tourists in Poland, as well as how other factors (such as others’ comments, replies, and tour reviews) influence the process of their travel decision making. The data collection tool was a survey that included demographic questions, closed ended questions, multiple choice questions, a rating scale (Likert 5 scale model), and a few open-ended questions. The survey questionnaire was completed by 137 international students. The study's findings indicate that social media has a sizable influence and role as a source of information for Ethiopian educational tourists in Poland at every stage of their travel decisionmaking process, and that other factors (such as others' comments, replies, and tourreviews) influenced their decision-making process as well. Overall, this study helps to gather insights into Ethiopian educational tourists' decision-making behavior in Poland. Due to the fact that the research will contribute cross-national knowledge about educational tourists' behavior during the travel decision-making process in a destination, it will have a significant impact on promoting domestic travel and tourism in Poland.