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INTRODUCTION
theadaptationofmarketingsolutionstakingintoaccountthelatesttechnologies.Thatis
whymarketingandITspecialistsveryoftencooperateintensivelyandevencreatejoint
departmentsinenterprises(MarketingTeamStructuresReport2017).
Theimportanceofnewmediainthecommunicationofentitiesincreaseswithdegree
oftheiruse,whichisvisibleinallmarketmodelsandthenatureofrelationsbetweenenti-
ties.Bothincommunicationbetweeninstitutionalunits-B2B,institutionalandindividual
customers-B2C,individualentities-C2C(consumer-to-consumer),aswellasindividual
finalbuyersandinstitutionalbuyers-C2B(consumer-to-business)(Hüther2016).
Marketingcommunicationandthepossibilityofusingnewmediainitplaysanim-
portantroleespeciallyinB2CandB2Bmarkets.Itisbasedontheuseofdiversemedia
andbusinessmodelsduetodifferentcharacteristicsofthemarketsandtheirparticipants.
IntheB2Bmarket,thereisasignificantdegreeofinterpersonalcommunication(between
representativesofinstitutionalentities).IntheB2Cmarket,ontheotherhand,communi-
cationisbothinterpersonalandmass,e.g.betweenenterprisesandindividualpurchasers.
Themainobjectiveofthemonographistoidentifythesignificanceofnewmedia
toolsininternationalcommunication(internationalcommunicationisunderstoodas
communicationbetweenentitiesfromdisparateforeignmarkets),theeffectsachieved
throughtheiruse,aswellasfactorsinfluencingthedegreeoftheiruse.Theparticular
emphasisisplacedontwotypesofmarketrelations-B2BandB2Ccommunication.The
combinationoftheroleofnewmediaincommunicationintheseareasisnotanissue
widelypresentedintheliteratureonthesubject.
Literaturestudiesandprimarypilotstudy,conductedbytheauthorofthemono-
graph,haveshownthatthenatureofcommunicationdependsonthecharacteristicsof
theentitiesparticipatinginit.IntheB2Bmarket,theseareinparticulartherelations
betweeninstitutionalentitiesrepresentedbytheirrepresentatives.B2Cmarketincludes
bothinstitutionalentities(e.g.enterprises)aswellasindividualcustomers(e.g.potential
buyersofgoods).Newmediaandtheiruseinmarketingcommunicationintheinternational
marketarethesubjectofdiscussioninthemonograph.Ontheotherhand,thesubjectin
primaryresearchareenterprisesoperatinginforeignmarkets.
Thethematicscopeofthemonographisinterdisciplinary,combiningsuchareas
aseconomics,internationalmarketing,culturalanthropology,aswellassociologyand
psychology.Thesubstantialpartofthesecondarysourcesofinformationarepublications
intheformofscientificmonographsandarticlesinPolishandforeignjournals.Dueto
thenatureofthediscussedissuesandtheirconstantdevelopment,asignificantpartof
thesesourcesarealsopublicationsinInternetjournals,aswellasthelatestreportsand
compilationspresentingthediscussedissues.
Primaryresearch,whichwasdevelopedaspartofauthor’sownscientificresearchon
theroleofnewmediaininternationalmarketingcommunication,wasconductedamong
bothPolishandforeignenterprises(B2BandB2C),basedinPoland,whichalsooperate
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