Uses and Gratifications of Consumers in Social Media Commercial Pages: A Study in Three Facebook Business Pages in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Muhammad Mosharrof Hossain

  • Mehadi Hasan

Keywords:

social media, facebook business page, traditional marketing, consumer, use

Abstract

Social media has become a recognized media platform that connects one-third of the world s population Facebook is the most popular social media in the world Facebook offers an easy way for businesses to convey content and messages to their target audience by having an online presence through a commercial page The article focused on finding out the gratification level of the Facebook business pages customers in Bangladesh Besides it also focused on changing the marketing system from the traditional market to commercial Facebook pages in the country This article also tries to find out the differences between Facebook business pages and traditional marketing try to predict the future of Facebook business pages based on analyzing the study result The article is based on U G theory in the 21st century by Thomas E Ruggiero It also uses the market segmentation approach by Philip Kotler The study conducted in both quantitative and qualitative methods To collect information the study uses survey focus group discussion and in-depth interview methods The result of the study shows that customers are the controller of the process of Facebook business pages

How to Cite

Muhammad Mosharrof Hossain, & Mehadi Hasan. (2020). Uses and Gratifications of Consumers in Social Media Commercial Pages: A Study in Three Facebook Business Pages in Bangladesh. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 20(A12), 19–31. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/3335

Uses and Gratifications of Consumers in Social Media Commercial Pages: A Study in Three Facebook  Business Pages in Bangladesh

Published

2020-05-15