Concept Paper
Concept Paper
Concept Paper
INFLUENCES HUMAN
INTERACTION
BACKGROUND:
Nowadays, social media is the primary tools of communication and interaction that
helps to develop relationship in one another. According to (Boyd et. al, 2008)
social media is a websites which allow profile creation and visibility of
relationship between users. Due to this, relationship they develop an interaction
that resulting in influencing one another that leads into the rise of what we called
social media influencers. Social media influencers (SMIs) as stated by Burke
(2017) is independent third party endorsers who use social media networks to
shape and influences his or her audiences. According to the statistic conducted by
MuseFind (2016) it shows that 92% of consumers trust an influencer more than an
advertisement or traditional celebrity endorsement. It was supported the recently
statistics conducted by Twitter last 2016, that shows that 40% of respondents have
made a purchase after seeing it used by an influencer, because of their fame and
popularity.
This paper, will address the gaps in knowledge by knowing the main reasons why
do social media influencers can influence the decision making of the people
especially the youth. In addition, this paper aims to understand both positive and
negative impacts and consequences of SMIs in youth decision making.
OBJECTIVE:
The main focus of this paper is to find out how does social media influencers
(SMIs) influences the decision-making of the youth and what are positive and
negative consequences that influencing them. It sought to answer the following
research questions:
1. Why most of the people rely their decisions to their favorite social media
influencers SMIs?
2. What are the reasons why SMIs influence people in their decision- making?
3. What are the positive and negative consequences or impacts of social media
influencers SMIs in our daily life?
4. How do social media influencers SMIs influences the perspective of the people?
5. How does social media influencers SMIs affects the decisions made by people in
daily life?
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:
The research design and methodology of this paper is phenomenology. According
to (Crotty, 1998) phenomenology research is a descriptive research focuses on
seeking realities not pursuing truth, it is in the form of manifestation of phenomena
as it is in the form of life world made of interconnected, lived experiences
subjectively. As stated by (Bozzi et. al, 1990) phenomenology is a way of thinking
about knowledge in a philosophical and theoretical viewpoint on how do we know
what we know. Phenomenology is a way of thinking about what life experiences
are like for people as stated by (Powers & Knapp, 1995) and is primarily
concerned with interpreting the meaning of these experiences.
RESEARCH TIMELINE:
The said interview was conducted after the participants returned the informed
consent that completely signed and approved by their guardians and parents. The
interview was conducted in just 1 day on the said 5 participants of the research. In
addition, the participants were asked on their views regarding their experience as
neither a follower nor viewers of social media influencers. The said, interview was
successfully conducted accordingly to the researcher’s expectations and
knowledge.
Research Section Duration
1. Title------------------------1 week
2. Introduction ----------------1 week
3. Need for this Study----------2 weeks
4. Background-------------------3 weeks
5. Objectives-------------------1 week
6. Research Questions and or Hypothesis--1 week
7. Research Methodology 2 weeks
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marketing communication and the influencer’s role in strengthening a brand.
Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-39986--------