Restaurant Image in Social Media: The Case of Tripadvisor

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It p o s s i bl e t o s ee t h e c h a n g e p h e n o m e n o n i n ev e r y w h e r e. Tec hn o l o gi e s a r e a l s o th e s p a ce w h e r e t h e ph e no m e n o n o f c h a ng e c a n b e s e e n . B ec aus e a r o u n d h e r e i t c h a n g es o cc u r d a y b y d a y . P arti c u l a r l y c o m p u t er a n d I nt e rn e t - b as e d r a t e o f t e c h n o l o g i c a l c h a n g e i s in c r e a s i n g eve r y da y. T h e s e c h a n g es c a us e so m e p r o s a n d c o n s f o r us e r s a n d b u s in e ss e s . Tec h n o l o g i c a l c h a ng e s m a kes us e r s mo r e a c ti v e a n d th ey c a n r e a ch i n f or ma t i o n s m or e e a s il y w hi c h w a s on c e und e r m on o p o l y o f b u s in e ss e s . O n e o f t ec h n o l o gi c a l c h a ng e s i s s o c i a l m e d i a t h a t p r o v i d es th e s up e r i or i t i es o f us e r s o n b u s i n e s s e s . I n d i v i d u al s c a n t a ke a n o p p u r t u n it y f r ee l y s h a r i n g o f t h e i r o p i n i o n s an d e x p e r i eces o n a n y s u bj e c t s t h r o u g h so c i a l m e dia . T h e a i m o f t h e s t u d y i s t o a n al y z e s h a r i n g o f p r e d e t e r m in e d r e s t a u r a n t s o f T r ip Ad v i s or ’ s u s e r s w hi ch i s o n e o f so c i a l m e d i a s it e s a n d t o d e t e r mi n e p o s i ti ve a n d n e g a ti ve i mp li c a t i o n s o n r e s a t a u t a n t i m ag e. A m i xed r e s e ar c h m e t h o d w a s c o n d u c t e d . B o t h c o nt e n t a n al y s i s a n d S P S S p r o g r a m w e r e e m plo y e d o n d a ta . A s a r e s u l t , i t w a s d e t e r mi n e d t h a t i nf o r m a t i o n s h ar e d b y u s e r s h a ve p o s i ti ve a n d n e g a t i ve i m pa c t o n th e i m ag e o f t h e r e s t a u r a n t .

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Aydın, B. (2016). Restaurant Image in Social Media: The Case of Tripadvisor. Journal of Multidisciplinary Academic Tourism, 1(1), 13–30. https://doi.org/10.31822/jomat.287998

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