creators_name: Syariza Isahak, 
type: thesis
datestamp: 2021-07-24 10:26:47
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title: The Influence Of Social Media In Marketing Communication Strategies Towards Reputation Building Of Open University Malaysia (OUM)
ispublished: unpub
subjects: 1028
subjects: HD
subjects: LB2300
full_text_status: public
keywords: social media, reputation, social media marketing, content,
promotion, MCC
note: A Master’s Project submitted infulfilment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Corporate Communication
abstract: The study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of social media as a marketing
communication towards reputation building of Open University Malaysia (OUM).
Based on the previous studies, three factors have been identified known as content,
promotion and comprehensiveness of the information. The population of this study are
the students of OUM and the sample size were taken from students in Bangi Learning
Centre through convenience sampling technique. This study adopts a quantitative
research method approach with result of 211 respondents. To analyse the data, multiple
linear regression analysis was adopted in this study. The findings of the study have
shown enough evidences to support the hypotheses. All three variables indicated
significant results. Comprehensive information is the highest variable perceived by the
respondents, followed by promotion and content towards the reputation building of
OUM. The implication of the study brings more understanding on the importance of
enhancing the content, promotion and comprehensive information in the OUM social
media. This will lead towards increasing the student’s enrolment and improve OUM
brand equity. The conclusion of this study can be used to strengthen OUM reputation in
social media as an effective marketing tool hence becoming a source of reference for
students to choose Open Distance Learning (ODL) institutions to pursue their studies.(Abstract by authors)
date: 2020
date_type: submitted
pages: 117
institution: Open University Malaysia (OUM)
department: Cluster of Education & Social Sciences
thesis_type: masters
citation:   Syariza Isahak,   (2020) The Influence Of Social Media In Marketing Communication Strategies Towards Reputation Building Of Open University Malaysia (OUM).  Masters thesis, Open University Malaysia (OUM).   
document_url: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1371/1/library-document-1371.pdf