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Jakten på emblem, värde och status

Klang, Jesper LU and Saglamoglu, Johannes LU (2018) SKOK11 20181
Department of Strategic Communication
Abstract
This study centres around the value creation and status hierarchies in online brand communites. With the advancement of digital technologies, it has become easier for admirers of brands to interact and communicate with each other. Companies do not necessarily want to engage and commit to online brand communities due to strict brand management practices and fear of losing the control of the brand to consumers. The purpose with this study is therefore to fill the knowledge gap surrounding how brand communities can create value and how the status hierarchies that are present in online brand communities can affect the value creation. A netnographic observation of Sony Playstation’s online brand community, Playstation Forum, was conducted. The... (More)
This study centres around the value creation and status hierarchies in online brand communites. With the advancement of digital technologies, it has become easier for admirers of brands to interact and communicate with each other. Companies do not necessarily want to engage and commit to online brand communities due to strict brand management practices and fear of losing the control of the brand to consumers. The purpose with this study is therefore to fill the knowledge gap surrounding how brand communities can create value and how the status hierarchies that are present in online brand communities can affect the value creation. A netnographic observation of Sony Playstation’s online brand community, Playstation Forum, was conducted. The empirical material was analysed on theories such as brand community, authority and value creation. The results of the study are three distinct patterns of interaction in the online brand community, which are engagement towards the community, sharing of stories and memories and persuasion of authorities. (Less)
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author
Klang, Jesper LU and Saglamoglu, Johannes LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En kvalitativ studie om Playstation Forum
course
SKOK11 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
online brand community, authority, value creation, strategic communication, netnography, Playstation
language
Swedish
id
8963905
date added to LUP
2019-08-19 15:40:07
date last changed
2019-08-19 15:40:07
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  abstract     = {{This study centres around the value creation and status hierarchies in online brand communites. With the advancement of digital technologies, it has become easier for admirers of brands to interact and communicate with each other. Companies do not necessarily want to engage and commit to online brand communities due to strict brand management practices and fear of losing the control of the brand to consumers. The purpose with this study is therefore to fill the knowledge gap surrounding how brand communities can create value and how the status hierarchies that are present in online brand communities can affect the value creation. A netnographic observation of Sony Playstation’s online brand community, Playstation Forum, was conducted. The empirical material was analysed on theories such as brand community, authority and value creation. The results of the study are three distinct patterns of interaction in the online brand community, which are engagement towards the community, sharing of stories and memories and persuasion of authorities.}},
  author       = {{Klang, Jesper and Saglamoglu, Johannes}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Jakten på emblem, värde och status}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}