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Analysing the influence of Universities’ content strategy on the level of engagement on social media

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    Identificador: imarina:9362395
    Autors:
    Capriotti PCarretón-Ballester CLosada-Díaz JC
    Resum:
    Social media have become a key tool in the institutional communication of universities to disseminate content and establish interaction and dialogue with their publics. Content strategy in social networks is a relevant aspect to inform their audiences about their daily activities and position universities in the digital sphere. This article studies the influence of the different types of content posted by universities on their social networks on the level of engagement of their publics. We conducted a content analysis of more than 90,000 posts by 70 universities in three regions (Europe, the United States and Latin America) on their institutional profiles on three social networks (Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn). The results show that the level of engagement achieved by the universities’ posts is very low. Universities clearly prioritize institutional content over functional content, and organizational topics are the most published on social networks. Institutional content achieves a higher level of engagement than functional content, and posts on organizational topics have the best level of engagement. Our study might refute the hypothesis that “functional content will generate a higher level of engagement than institutional content on social networks.” Thus, it can be concluded that the combination of content on social networks suggests that universities mainly use social networks to develop an institutional positioning strategy on social media.
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    Autor segons l'article: Capriotti P; Carretón-Ballester C; Losada-Díaz JC
    Departament: Estudis de Comunicació
    Autor/s de la URV: Capriotti Peri, Vicente-Paul
    Paraules clau: Content strategy Digital communication Higher education Institutional communication Social media University
    Resum: Social media have become a key tool in the institutional communication of universities to disseminate content and establish interaction and dialogue with their publics. Content strategy in social networks is a relevant aspect to inform their audiences about their daily activities and position universities in the digital sphere. This article studies the influence of the different types of content posted by universities on their social networks on the level of engagement of their publics. We conducted a content analysis of more than 90,000 posts by 70 universities in three regions (Europe, the United States and Latin America) on their institutional profiles on three social networks (Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn). The results show that the level of engagement achieved by the universities’ posts is very low. Universities clearly prioritize institutional content over functional content, and organizational topics are the most published on social networks. Institutional content achieves a higher level of engagement than functional content, and posts on organizational topics have the best level of engagement. Our study might refute the hypothesis that “functional content will generate a higher level of engagement than institutional content on social networks.” Thus, it can be concluded that the combination of content on social networks suggests that universities mainly use social networks to develop an institutional positioning strategy on social media.
    Àrees temàtiques: Ciências sociais aplicadas i Ciencias sociales Communication Comunicação e informação Comunicació i informació Comunicación Cultural studies Información y documentación Media studies and communication
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: paul.capriotti@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0002-9398-5886
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-02-10
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enllaç font original: https://revistas.unav.edu/index.php/communication-and-society/article/view/44735
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Comunicacion Y Sociedad. 37 (1): 41-60
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Capriotti P; Carretón-Ballester C; Losada-Díaz JC (2024). Analysing the influence of Universities’ content strategy on the level of engagement on social media. Comunicacion Y Sociedad, 37(1), 41-60. DOI: 10.15581/003.37.1.41-60
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    DOI de l'article: 10.15581/003.37.1.41-60
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2024
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Communication,Cultural Studies
    Content strategy
    Digital communication
    Higher education
    Institutional communication
    Social media
    University
    Ciências sociais aplicadas i
    Ciencias sociales
    Communication
    Comunicação e informação
    Comunicació i informació
    Comunicación
    Cultural studies
    Información y documentación
    Media studies and communication
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