{"title":"Multi-Faceted Influences on Perceived Messaging Effectiveness: Strategic Communication for Enhancing COVID-19 Risk Mitigation","authors":"Lan Ni, Yan Huang, Wenlin Liu","doi":"10.1080/1553118x.2024.2308280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118x.2024.2308280","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines how situational motivation interacts with self-concept when responding to the different messaging strategies regarding a COVID-19 symptom map (CSM). In an online experiment, par...","PeriodicalId":39017,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139762676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brian G. Smith, Staci B. Smith, Danielle Hallows, Thomas Robinson, Ljubica Ivanovic
{"title":"What’s the Follower-Influencer Connection on Social Media? Segmenting Social Media Followers for Strategic Communication","authors":"Brian G. Smith, Staci B. Smith, Danielle Hallows, Thomas Robinson, Ljubica Ivanovic","doi":"10.1080/1553118x.2023.2231427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118x.2023.2231427","url":null,"abstract":"This interdisciplinary study explored social media user motivations to follow influencers with a special focus on the parasocial relationship between follower and influencer. A Q-sort revealed that...","PeriodicalId":39017,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139373871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communication Strategies on Twitter: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan","authors":"Franco Zappettini, Mustafa Rezazadah","doi":"10.1080/1553118x.2023.2280555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118x.2023.2280555","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39017,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139275164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic Communication of Muslim Organizations in the Aftermath of Islamist Terrorist Attacks – a Qualitative Analysis from Germany","authors":"Elif Durmaz, Sabrina Hegner, Leoni Schilling, Gerrit Hirschfeld","doi":"10.1080/1553118x.2023.2265916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118x.2023.2265916","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTResearch on crisis communication related to terrorism deals mostly with governmental institutions and states as actors, but little on non-state actors attempting to influence perceptions of Muslims in society. The present article scrutinizes crisis communication of Muslim organizations in Germany after terrorist attacks with Islamist background and Islamophobic attacks. We analyzed all publicly available statements as reported in press releases, social-media accounts, and newspaper quotations from Muslim organizations in response to attacks between 2015 and 2020. In total, 226 statements and eight different categories of responses were identified and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. When responding to Islamist attacks, Muslim organizations highlighted general responsibility of the society, and the ways in which Muslims are themselves victims of such attacks but avoided taking more direct responsibility. When responding to Islamophobic attacks, Muslim organizations gave more background information on the attacks. Press releases by more active organizations were taken up more frequently in newspapers than press releases by less active organizations. Overall, the strategies that Muslim organizations utilize to minimize harm to the reputation of their organization and Muslims as a group are in some respects like those employed by enterprises. More research into the effectiveness of these different strategies is needed. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFunding The study was supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF #01UG2038A).","PeriodicalId":39017,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134953999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Media Management, Communication Roles, and Their Effects on Communication practitioners’ Involvement in Strategic Management of Organizations in Greece","authors":"Amalia Triantafillidou, Prodromos Yannas","doi":"10.1080/1553118x.2023.2274597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118x.2023.2274597","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis article explores how communication management is being practiced in Greece and sheds light on the impact exerted by social media practice and knowledge of communication roles on practitioners’ involvement in organizations’ strategic management process. This article also tests how communication roles interact with the different aspects of social media management. To this end, a quantitative survey was conducted using an online self-administered questionnaire that was completed by 107 communication practitioners in Greece. Communicators in the sample exhibited more knowledge for the technician role and performed managerial tasks to a lesser extent. Greek practitioners are mainly involved in routine operations, but they also perform strategic tasks as they provide input in strategic planning by scanning the environment to identify issues and help management develop goals. Concerning their social media practice, they seem to be involved with tactical activities such as content creation and engagement enhancement. The results also show that social media activities did not influence practitioners’ involvement in strategic management, which was instead affected by the communication roles of manager and technician.KEYWORDS: Communication managementProfessionalizationProfessional rolesStrategic management Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":39017,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135242439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vaibhav Shwetangbhai Diwanji, Juliann Cortese, Patrick Merle
{"title":"Fighting a Global Pandemic in the Digital Age: Use of Infographics to ‘Flatten the Curve’ in the U.S. and India","authors":"Vaibhav Shwetangbhai Diwanji, Juliann Cortese, Patrick Merle","doi":"10.1080/1553118x.2023.2231409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118x.2023.2231409","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39017,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134909585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Tragedy to Activism: Publics’ Emotions, Efficacy, and Communicative Action on Twitter in the Case of the 2017 Las Vegas Mass Shooting","authors":"Jo-Yun Li, Taylor Jing Wen","doi":"10.1080/1553118x.2023.2209557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118x.2023.2209557","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTGuided by the Anger Activism Model and pain and loss activism literature, this study analyzes online public discussion in a particular case of activism on social media (i.e., the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting). On the basis of the content analysis of 4,611 tweets, this study explored the role of emotions as well as efficacy beliefs in engaging people in online political conversations during pain and loss events. Key insights about the joint effects of emotion and efficacy in activism communication provide communication practitioners and advocacy groups with more informative approaches to strategically communicate with activist publics in the online environment. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":39017,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135265876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pandemic Problems in the Ivory Tower: Exploring Employee Engagement During the COVID-19 Crisis","authors":"Laura L. Lemon, Matthew S. VanDyke","doi":"10.1080/1553118x.2023.2235333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118x.2023.2235333","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to investigate how communication constituted the engagement experiences of employees at research-intensive universities during the COVID-19 crisis. Twenty-one semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with vice presidents of research, research center and institute directors and support staff, and research faculty at research-intensive universities in the U.S. The findings revealed paradoxical engagement experiences. Participants reported blurred boundaries through increased technological access to information and communication that also created no way to shut off work. Overcommunication was reported as both a common informal communication experience and a formal organizational communication strategy during the crisis. Universities seemed to be partially prepared for the crisis, and the results demonstrated that individual personal coping strategies can serve one’s negative engagement experience constituted by communication. Implications for internal crisis communication strategy and employee engagement theory are discussed. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":39017,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135729309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Raise Their Voices: The Link Between Motivating Language and Employee Voice","authors":"Jacqueline Mayfield, Milton Mayfield, Cau Ngoc Nguyen","doi":"10.1080/1553118x.2023.2265926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118x.2023.2265926","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTEmployee voice – in our study, upward and constructive work-related messages – is instrumental to many desirable employee and organizational outcomes including performance, organizational learning, and psychological well-being. Considerable research demonstrates that leader behavior, notably from the immediate supervisor, is significantly related to an employee’s decision to exercise voice. Recent research advances how such influence is specifically transmitted through leader communication. We take a closer look at these phenomena by investigating if strategic immediate supervisory oral communication, embodied in motivating language and the mediators of leader transparency, openness to feedback, and follower-perceived purpose, has significant relationships with both promotive and prohibitive employee voice. The majority of our hypotheses are supported based on a large, cross-national, and diverse sample of 597 respondents. These findings and their implications for research and practice are more fully discussed in the paper. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":39017,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135883527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}