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“Like it or not”

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  • Keith S. Coulter
  • Anne Roggeveen

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate how source, network, relationship, and message/content factors affect how consumers respond to a word‐of‐mouth (WOM) communication in an online social network. Design/methodology/approach - Hypotheses were addressed using two online surveys. The first of these examined persuasive WOM communications on Facebook, the second investigated WOM communication on Twitter. Findings - It was found that closeness to the source of a persuasive communication may have less of an impact on message acceptance in online social networks compared to traditional WOM. The number of persons in a product network, as well as whether those members of a product network are also members of one's friend network, are important factors that determine message acceptance. Originality/value - The paper demonstrates differences between online versus traditional WOM, and has important implications for marketing practitioners.

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  • Keith S. Coulter & Anne Roggeveen, 2012. "“Like it or not”," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 35(9), pages 878-899, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:mrrpps:v:35:y:2012:i:9:p:878-899
    DOI: 10.1108/01409171211256587
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