RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING ACTIVITIES AND THE FEAR OF COVID19

Abstract

While Covid19 and its effects are spreading fast around the world, it is important to understand the effects of this period in order to create a sustainable community. During the epidemic, daily life has rapidly become digital and social media has increased its effectiveness as an important interaction area. The interaction skills and tendencies of both consumers and business owners have started to change in the meantime. Social media users' perceptions of marketing activities in this platform begin to have interaction with the fear of Covid19. This study differs from other studies in terms of examining social media marketing activities from the perspective of Covid19 fear. In this respect, it is expected that the study will contribute to the field. In this context, the purpose of the research is to investigate the relationship between the fear of Covid19 and the perception of social media marketing activities, and identify the relationship between the low/high fear of Covid19 and the perception of social media marketing activities. Therefore online questionnaire method is selected as the data collection method in this study. The sample of the questionnaire consists of 757 (N=757) people. As a result of the research, it has been identified that there is a meaningful relationship between the fear of Covid19 and the perception of social media marketing activities. The obtained data is examined within the relevant literature.