What do stakeholders like on Facebook? Examining public reactions to nonprofit organizations’ informational, promotional, and community-building messages

dc.contributor.authorSaxton, G. D., & Waters, R. D
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T17:32:52Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T17:32:52Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractAlthough public relations scholarship has often discussed the possibilities of dialogue and engagement using social media, research has not truly explored this dynamic. Instead, research on social media platforms has focused on measuring the content and structure of organizational profiles. This study seeks to enhance the field’s discussion about social media engagement by determining what organizational content individual stakeholders prefer on Facebook in terms of liking, commenting, and sharing. A content analysis of 1,000 updates from organizations on the Nonprofit Times 100 list indicates that, based on what they comment on and like, individuals prefer dialogic, as well as certain forms of mobilizational, messages; however, they are more likely to share one-way informational messages with their own networks. These findings are interpreted using practical and theoretical implications for the practice of public relations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSaxton, G. D., & Waters, R. D. (2014). What do stakeholders like on Facebook? Examining public reactions to nonprofit organizations’ informational, promotional, and community-building messages. Journal of Public Relations Research, 26(3), 280-299.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/38355260/1062726x.2014.908721_JPRR.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1549302983&Signature=dKTdyPlQC62Ou2QpcN9l1k7ECec%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DWhat_do_stakeholders_like_on_Facebook_Ex.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4217
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Public Relations Researchen_US
dc.subjectnon-profiten_US
dc.subjectnonprofiten_US
dc.subjectpublic relationsen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectsocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectstakeholdersen_US
dc.subjectmessagingen_US
dc.titleWhat do stakeholders like on Facebook? Examining public reactions to nonprofit organizations’ informational, promotional, and community-building messagesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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