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The Impact of Social Media on the Brand Capital of Famous People
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: Received: 21 July 2020 / Approved: 23 July 2020 / Online: 23 July 2020 (08:29:28 CEST)
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Wróblewski, Ł.; Grzesiak, M. The Impact of Social Media on the Brand Capital of Famous People. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6414. Wróblewski, Ł.; Grzesiak, M. The Impact of Social Media on the Brand Capital of Famous People. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6414.
Abstract
The article is of a research nature. The aim of the article is to identify the role of social media in shaping personal brand. To this end, the first part discusses the concept of personal brand, components of brand capital in case of famous people, including consumer-based capital. Attention was also paid to the great importance of social media and the growing role of their users in the process of shaping personal brand. Based on the analysis of the source literature, a research gap was identified, related to the lack of empirical verification of the relationship between users’ online activity and the brand capital of famous people, also known as celebrities, associated with artistic and cultural activities. The article uses the results of direct research carried out in the years 2019-2020. The second (empirical) part of the article presents research hypotheses, methodology, as well as results and conclusions from the research. Based on 26 in-depth individual interviews that were conducted with people famous in Poland (mainly engaged in artistic and cultural activities) and surveys on a group of 324 social media users, it was shown, among others, that online activity of Internet users stimulates the brand capital of famous people. Statistically significant relationships were observed for such components of the personal brand as awareness / associations with the personal brand and for the relationship regarding the perception of the quality of activities carried out by a famous person.
Keywords
famous people; personal brand; Internet users; social media
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Marketing
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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