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Attitudes Towards the Use of Social Media as a Tool for Marketing

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  • Molina Sergio Gómez
  • Piedrahita Lemy Bran
  • Arciniegas Claudia Milena Arias
  • Holguin Rosa Velez

    (Fundación Universitaria Católica del Norte, Medellín, Colombia)

  • Arias Alejandro Valencia

    (Adviser Fundación Universitaria Católica del Norte, Professor Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Medellín, Colombia)

  • Cortés Alejandro Silva

    (Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Medellín, Colombia)

Abstract

The accelerated progress of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has made that marketing strategies are strengthened through the construction, personalization and socialization of information, which is one of the main dynamic social media. The aim of this article is to identify the trends and evolution of attitudes towards the use of social media as a marketing tool. For this, a bibliometric analysis was developed, divided into two stages: obtaining information (database and search equation), and obtaining bibliometric indicators (quantity, quality and structure) between 2008 and 2016. Among the results it is observed that increasing topics are centered on: Consumer Attitude, Health, Advertizing, Communication y Consumer Behavior.

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  • Molina Sergio Gómez & Piedrahita Lemy Bran & Arciniegas Claudia Milena Arias & Holguin Rosa Velez & Arias Alejandro Valencia & Cortés Alejandro Silva, 2017. "Attitudes Towards the Use of Social Media as a Tool for Marketing," Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Sciendo, vol. 8(4), pages 175-186, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mjsosc:v:8:y:2017:i:4:p:175-186:n:16
    DOI: 10.1515/mjss-2017-0016
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