Open AccessThe impact of traditional and social media marketing on customers’ brand trust and purchase intentions in the Turkish airline market
Author(s) -
Mustafa Tümer,
Iman Aghaeı,
Yahya Nasser Eddine,
Emrah Öney
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of research in emerging markets
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2663-905X
DOI - 10.30585/jrems.v1i4.344
Subject(s) - business , social media , marketing , turkish , advertising , extant taxon , structural equation modeling , brand awareness , political science , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , evolutionary biology , law , biology
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of customers' attitudes towards traditional and social media marketing on brand trust and purchase intention. Reviewing the extant literature unveiled that the subject of traditional versus social media marketing in the airline market is not sufficiently studied. Thus, we studied the mentioned subject in Turkey because the aviation sector has shown noteworthy improvements due to a significant increasing volume of e-commerce, not only on the passenger side but also on the cargo side as well. On the other hand, thanks to the passenger demand growth since starting the recent century, the Turkish airline industry leads a giant contribution to the enlargement of the global economy due to the increasing number of connections and falling air transport costs. Data was gathered in Istanbul airports from 341 passengers of the airlines of Turkey to compare the impact of traditional and social media marketing on brand trust and purchase intention of customers and analyzed by using structural equation modeling. The findings reveal that in recent years digital marketing and online advertising campaigns has been more effective than traditional marketing for augmenting brand trust and purchase intention of the passengers.