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Getting Reel: A Quantitative Analysis Of Facebook & Instagram Reel Usage Among Small, Independent Clothing Boutiques In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Opefoluwa Desalu
Getting Reel: A Quantitative Analysis Of Facebook & Instagram Reel Usage Among Small, Independent Clothing Boutiques In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Opefoluwa Desalu
Marketing Undergraduate Honors Theses
Small businesses have increasingly turned to social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to promote their business. According to Statista, in 2021, 66% of small businesses advertised through Facebook while 41% advertised through Instagram.
This research looked at how small, independent clothing boutiques in Fayetteville, Arkansas used Facebook and Instagram Reels to promote their businesses for the 2022 calendar year. Specifically: two research questions were considered: (1) Do small, independent clothing boutiques in this small college town use Facebook and/or Instagram Reels? (2) What engagement level, in terms of likes and comments, is associated with this usage?
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Psychological Scene Gist And The Perception Of Sustainable Business Models Via Digital Media Audit, Shelby Hansen
Psychological Scene Gist And The Perception Of Sustainable Business Models Via Digital Media Audit, Shelby Hansen
Marketing Undergraduate Honors Theses
The technology space is giving rise to new business models that impact how we interact with companies, the causes we are interested in, and even our perception of how we process information. Within those contexts, I will be using the psychological concept of scene gist to explore the sustainable business model of clean beauty and investigate the technological ways that these companies interact with Gen Z consumers via social media. Gen Z consumers want to interact with companies who are socially responsible and who contribute to causes they believe in. The clean beauty trend is spearheading efforts to eliminate harmful …