Corporate Communication through Social Media

Strategies for Managing Reputation
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-93-86446-19-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 491 g

Social media are rapidly and dramatically transforming the communication landscape. They are purported to provide reputational benefits by promoting transparency and enhancing possibilities for stakeholder engagement. However, they also present reputational risks by exposing organizations to new types of crises, stakeholder criticism, and digital activism.

This textbook provides a comprehensive look at social-mediated developments in corporate and organizational communication and examines the consequent implications for reputation management.

The book takes a grounded approach in bringing together perspectives from communication and management and from scholarship and practice. It helps the reader make sense of digitalization in corporate communication and its consequences for organization–stakeholder relationships, trust, engagement, leadership, and reputation. Covering a wide spectrum of topics such as branding, consumer engagement, employee relations, crisis communication, corporate responsibility and sustainability, and the return on investment (ROI), the book maps key changes in the evolving communication landscape, with an understanding of the strategic benefits and challenges for corporate reputation.

Key Features

• Blend of theory and practice of social-mediated communication and implications for reputation management

• International focus with contemporary (and classic) examples and cases

• Link with professional practice in “Voices from the Field” feature

• Discussion questions and activities to encourage critical reflection and informed application

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaul, Asha

Chaudhri, Vidhi

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Prologue
Chapter 1: The New Anthem for Open Source Branding: Paradox of gaining resonance and ceding control
Introduction
The Brand, The Branded and The Branding
As the Truth Unfolds—‘Open Source Branding’
Will social media “Just do it” for branding?
Managing the New Branding Paradigm
Co-creation
Story Telling
Brand Entification
Managing and Building Brand Communities
Primary and Extended Brand Communities
Advergaming – Second Life
Creating Avatars
Building Brand Loyalty
‘I Will What I Want?—Online Threats
Marching on with the ‘Crowd’
Chapter 2: On - Demand Marketing: Social Selling, Customer Engagement and Advocacy
Introduction
Calling the Shots: Consumer is the King
A Consumer Perspective
Every Day a New Discovery: Creating Synergies and Value Fusion
Creating Synergies
A caveat: Influencing/SOCIAL SELLING in the B2B and B2C Space
Rules of engagement
Crowdsourcing: A Tech Push or Market Pull?
How are Organizations Leveraging Crowdsourcing?
Does one Size Fit All? Braving the Millennial Challenge
Chapter 3: Social Media @ Work: Employees as Reputation Agents
Introduction
First Things First: Setting the Context
Enterprise Social Media: What’s in it for Everyone?
Social-mediated Employee Engagement
The Fuss about Social Media @ Work: Key Points of Contention
Thinking about the Role of Employees: To Be or Not To Be?
Blurred Boundaries: The Water Cooler Moves to Social Media
Negotiating the Loss of Control: Social Media Governance
People, Organizations, and Ethics?
(Re)Kindling the Romance: The Role of Leadership and Culture
Chapter 4: Influence of Social Media on Crisis Communication
Introduction
What Have Organizations to Lose?
A Crisis is a Crisis is a Crisis? (Re)Thinking Crises in the New Media Environment
Gaining Traction with Digital
Domino’s Pizza Gets a Taste of Social Media
Know Thy Stakeholder
Adapt or Reinvent? Managing Digital Crises
Are There Only Risks or Also Opportunities?
Making Sense of the Many Voices
Chapter 5: Under the Microscope: Corporate Responsibility in a Social-Mediated Era
Introduction
CSR, Sustainability, Shared Value….: Why Now?
Corporate Communication of CSR: The Digital Age Beckons
Taking People Along: The ‘New Normal’ of CSR
Dialogue, Dialogue Everywhere
The Transformation of Stakeholders: Sitting Ducks to Roaring Lions?
Light on the Horizon: Millennials Driving Corporate Conscience
Greenwashing: Going, Going, Gone?
Nowhere to Hide: Transparent Leadership?
Chapter 6: Measuring the $ Spend on Social Media
Introduction
“Can’t–Live-With-It-Can’t-Live-Without-It” – Then Why Measure?
What are You Out to Track: Why and How?
Data Analysis
Converting the $ Spend on Building Reputational Currency
Making a Case for Measuring Social Media Returns
Epilogue
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chaudhri, Vidhi
Vidhi Chaudhri is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam where she teaches in the International Bachelor in Communication and Media (IBCoM), Master Media & Business (M&B), and supervises MA theses. Her teaching and research interests span a variety of topics in organizational communication and public relations, including corporate social responsibility (CSR), crisis communication and corporate reputation, social-mediated corporate communication, organizational rhetoric, and digital activism. Driven by her interest in bridging academic and industry, her approach to teaching and research combines conceptual knowledge with an applied perspective. Besides, she facilitates interactive workshops for students and professionals.

Vidhi has a doctorate in organizational communication from Purdue University, USA. Her dissertation examining the meanings and manifestations of corporate social responsibility (CSR) among organizations in India was supported by a competitive grant from the Purdue Research Foundation (PRF). Her work is published in peer-reviewed journals such as *Management Communication Quarterly, Public Relations Review, The Journal of Corporate Citizenship, International Journal of Business Communication, and Corporate Communication: A International Journal*, among others. She is co-author of several book chapters and business case studies

Kaul, Asha
Asha Kaul is Professor in Communications at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). She obtained her doctorate in stylistics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1990.
She was felicitated with the “Best Professor – Communications” award by the Golden AIM Awards in June, 2020. She has won the A. P. Chowdappa Memorial Award for Excellence in Communication in the Academic Sector and was also awarded the prize for being one of the best-selling authors of Prentice Hall of India for her book on Business Communication.
Presently Asha Kaul serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited and HPCL-Mittal Pipelines Limited and is also a Member of the High-Level Committee for Centre of Excellence nominations by the Education Department, Government of Gujarat. Asha Kaul is also the President nominee to the Executive Council of Central University of Gujarat.