This blog is provided by the Digital Media Research Center (DMRC) Pew Research Center analyzed U.S. adults’ opinions on TikTok and how those opinions vary based on their posting activity. A survey of 869 U.S. adults with a valid TikTok handle was conducted in August 2023. The survey was distributed to members of the Center’s … Continue reading How do Adults use TikTok?
This summary is provided by the IPR ESG & Purpose Research Library APCO Worldwide analyzed differences in opinion on how to address climate change as an “emergency” across the globe. An online survey of 24,300 adults was conducted from Aug. 15–23, 2023 across 39 countries with an average of 600 respondents per market. Key findings include: … Continue reading Is Climate Change a Top Concern Worldwide?
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and Meta researched Facebook users’ knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and policy preferences regarding climate change. A survey of 139,136 Facebook users in 110 global areas, representing 187 countries and territories worldwide, was conducted from Aug. 3 – Sept. 3, 2023 Key findings include: 1.) 89% of respondents in Finland and … Continue reading Perspectives on Climate Change Around the Globe
PRovoke Media examined the key challenges facing China’s PR industry. Interviews with 125 marketers and 70 senior PR agency professionals were conducted. Key findings include:1.) In 2022, 46% of planned marketing campaigns had to stop and shift to online platforms, as compared to 29% in 2020.2.) 57% of departments experienced integration in 2022— an almost … Continue reading Sharp Rise In Marketing & PR Integration in China
This blog is provided by IPR based on the original study by RAND Corporation As the popularity and use of social media continues to climb, concerns of quickly spreading disinformation also increase. In 2019, it was confirmed that Russia interfered with the 2016 election through social media propaganda and disinformation. Since then, other instances of … Continue reading Combating Foreign Disinformation on Social Media
This summary is provided by the IPR Digital Media Research Center Summary WeChat, the most widely used social mobile application nowadays in China. By observing the most transparent Chinese charitable foundations, this study conducted a quantitative content analysis to examine their use of WeChat for dialogic communication with publics. Particularly, this study found that Chinese … Continue reading Engaging Publics in The Mobile Era: A Study of Chinese Charitable Foundations’ Use of WeChat
Tsai, Wan-Hsiu Sunny, and Men, Rita Linjuan (2018). Social messengers as the new frontier of organization-public engagement: A WeChat study. Public Relations Review, 44(3), 419-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2018.04.004 Summary Mobile-based social messengers have overtaken social networking sites as the new frontier for organizations to engage online stakeholders. Focusing on WeChat, one of the world’s most popular social messaging … Continue reading Social Messengers are the New Frontier of Organization-Public Engagement
Valenzuela, Sebastián, Teresa Correa, and Homero Gil de Zúñiga (2018). “Ties, likes, and tweets: Using strong and weak ties to explain differences in protest participation across Facebook and Twitter use.” Political Communication, 35(1), 117-134. Summary This article argues that different social media platforms influence political participation through unique, yet complementary, routes. More specifically, it proposes … Continue reading Likes vs. Tweets: Differences in Protest Participation Across Facebook and Twitter