Open AccessWebinar among Indonesian academics during Covid-19, embracing the audiences
Author(s) -
Setiawan Priatmoko,
Md Billal Hossain,
Wuri Rahmawati,
Susilo Budi Winarno,
Lóránt Dénes Dávid
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0265257
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , dissemination , competition (biology) , indonesian , loyalty , duration (music) , phenomenon , public relations , event (particle physics) , psychology , sociology , political science , medicine , marketing , business , biology , art , philosophy , law , ecology , linguistics , literature , pathology , virology , outbreak , quantum mechanics , physics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This research aims to find out the phenomenon of webinar competition from the viewpoint of the audience. Covid-19 pandemic makes webinars a means for knowledge dissemination. Many events offered turned out to be a tight competition among organizers and caused a different response for the audience. Academics participants’ responses had never been known in depth so that they could be the basis for determining the strategy for the organizers. Using quantitative data through online surveys to further interpreted with the help of previous literature. The independent variables gender, age, frequency, cost, and place are used to determine their effect on loyalty, which is represented by the length of duration in participating in each webinar. The effectiveness of webinars as a means of disseminating ideas in the pandemic era still faces various challenges. Among academics, the loyalty at the webinar event is influenced by gender and age. It is important for organizers to effectively communicate to webinar participants so that they get the message they want to convey.