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INTRODUCTION
andacceptanceofnewtechnologicalsolutionsintheareaofcommunication.Animportant
roleisplayedbythedevelopmentofnewmedia,which,duetotheirspecificnature,facilitate
communication(itismuchfaster,becomesmoredirectandcostslessthantraditionalforms
ofcommunication)withentitiesfrombothdomesticmarketanddistantforeignmarkets.
Newmediahavebecomepopulartoolsusedinbothinterpersonalandmarketing
communication.Thediversityoftheirformsmakesalmosteverymarketparticipant
(bothindividualandinstitutional)auserofatleastonecommunicationtoolincludedin
thenewmedia,e.g.socialnetworkingsites,instantmessengersorwebsites.Theimpor-
tanceofnewmediacanbeprovedbythestatementsthatappearedinthelargesteconomic
journalsinthefirstdecadeofthe21stcentury.In2005,BusinessWeekwrotethat:social
mediaisthebiggestchangesincetheindustrialrevolution,whileafewmonthslater
TheEconomistpublishedatextsayingthat:companiesthatdonotunderstanddigital
communitieswilldie(Smith,Zook2016,p.11).
Thescopeofimplementationofmodernsolutionsincommunicationisveryhigh.Fur-
thermore,theyareconstantlyevolvingandshapingthemarket(preferencesandbehavior
ofentities).Inthiscontext,increasingaccesstotheInternetaroundtheworldandrelated
toolscontributetocombiningtraditionalandmodernsolutionsasfarasthefunctioning
ofmarketentitiesisconcerned(Kemp2017).Thissituationstimulatesthedevelopment
oftheoreticalconcepts,modelsorsolutionsintheareaofcommunication,takinginto
accountnewmarketconditionsandopportunities,e.g.computermediatedcommunica-
tiontheoryortechnologyacceptancemodel.Intheareaofmarketing,ontheotherhand,
strategiesknownas,forexample,marketing4.0(Kotler,Kartajaya,Setiawan2017),360
degreemarketing,socialmediamarketing(SMM),inboundandoutboundmarketing,
electronicword-of-mouthmarketing(e-WoMM)andothersaredeveloped.Theyare
acombinationof“traditional”formsofcommunicationwithchangesresultingfrom
thedevelopmentofnewtechnologiesthataffectrapidchangeintastesandpreferences
ofbuyers.Inthe21stcentury,thenatureofcommunicationischanging,particularlyin
theB2Cmarket,wheretheunilateralmonologofenterprisesistransformedintoadialog
withapotentialpurchaser.
SuchasituationispossibleduetotherapiddevelopmentoftheInternetandthespec-
ificityofcommunicationtoolsoperatingthankstoit(includingnewmedia).Theyenable
dialogbothamongindividualpurchasersofgoodsandwiththeparticipationofenterprises.
Newmediaarealsousedtocollectinformationbeforepurchasingaspecificproduct,
andcontactbetweenapotentialbuyerandanenterpriseisbecomingthelast,ratherthan
thefirststageinmakingapurchasedecision.
Thesechangesalsomakeitnecessarytoadaptthebehaviorofproducers,whichaccording
toScott(2014)shouldconsistof“notdisturbingthecustomerintheirpurchases”.Whatis
more,thedifferencesinbehaviorandneedsbetweengenerations,wheretheGenerationsY
andZarealmostentirelydependentonaccesstotheInternetandsmartphones,necessitate
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