Management strategies of the Madrid Community golf clubs on Twitter

Authors

  • María Cruz López de Ayala López Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)
  • Beatriz Catalina García Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)
  • José Gabriel Fernández Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.42.1304

Keywords:

corporate communication, public and private enterprise, Twitter, golf course, interactivity

Abstract

Social networks provide companies and brands with a more direct communication and facilitate greater interactivity with their audiences. Through a content analysis of the Twitter profiles of the golf clubs of the Community of Madrid, we examine whether their nature —public, private or commercial— influences how these networks are managed. It is concluded that the nature of the club accounts for differences in the communication strategies: in the private and public clubs, the informative messages predominate, whereas in those emitted by the commercial clubs, there is a prevalence of strategies linked to marketing.

Author Biographies

María Cruz López de Ayala López, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)

holds a degree in Sociology (UCM), a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences (URJC) and a master’s degree in Communication Management from the Universidad de Barcelona. Professor of Advertising and Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, her lines of research are: media and minors, local political communication and corporate communication. She has participated in competitive research projects (R+D+I) and published in national and international impact journals. She is a regular speaker at national and international conferences.

Beatriz Catalina García, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)

holds a Journalism degree (UCM, 1989), a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (2011) and a degree in Political Sciences (UNED, 2014). Visiting professor of Journalism of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, her published works are related to local political communication and the uses of the Internet. She has participated in competitive R+D+I projects and has published in numerous national and international impact journals. She also regularly participates with papers at national and international conferences.

José Gabriel Fernández, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)

Professor at the URJC. He holds a degree in Information Sciences from the Universidad de Navarra, a Ph.D. in Information Sciences (UCM), and a Master’s Degree in Economic Journalism (UCM). Author of several publications on journalism specialized in economics and sports, he has participated in different international congresses on these specialties. He has been editor of Diario 16 and 24 Horas, of TVE channel. He regularly collaborates with madridiario.es and Radio Marca, and has collaborated with Radio Intereconomía, among others.

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Published

2018-06-30

How to Cite

López de Ayala López, M. C., Catalina García, B., & Fernández, J. G. (2018). Management strategies of the Madrid Community golf clubs on Twitter. Cuadernos.Info, (42), 71–84. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.42.1304