Table II

Ten most popular marketing topics to be researched using netnography

TopicTopic examplesNo. papers (%)Service focus (%)Article examples
Online communitiesCyberculture, knowledge sharing, consumer learning47 (14.7)Service: 21.3
Services: 19.1
None: 59.6
Laing et al. (2011), Stewart Loane and D’Alessandro (2014), Rokka and Moisander (2009) 
Consumption experiencesExperience creation, experience dimensions41 (12.8)Service: 2.4
Services: 78.1
None: 19.5
Kerrigan et al. (2014), Guesalaga et al. (2016), Hamilton and Hewer (2009) 
Brand communitiesBrand relationships, anti-brand, social networks28 (8.7)Service: 25.0
Services: 0.0
None: 75.0
Hassan et al. (2016), Weijo et al. (2017) 
Brand managementProduct placement, brand ambiguity, luxury branding23 (7.2)Service: 13.0
Services: 8.7
None: 78.3
Brown and Patterson (2009), Quester and Fleck (2010), Nelson et al. (2004) 
Co-creationNew product development, challenges, open innovation21 (6.5)Service: 95.2
Services: 0.0
None: 4.8
Kelleher et al. (2011), Gatzweiler et al. (2017) 
Consumer identityIdentity construction, negotiation, and adaptation17 (5.3)Service: 0.0
Services: 17.5
None: 82.5
Pentina and Spears (2011), Hemetsberger (2005) 
AuthenticityPerceived authenticity, authenticity negotiation16 (5.0)Service: 0.0
Services: 43.8
None: 56.2
Mkono (2012), Hartmann and Ostberg (2013) 
Anti-consumptionMotive, stigma, activism, freeganism, simple living13 (4.0)Service: 30.7
Services: 0.0
None: 69.3
McArthur (2015), Nguyen et al. (2014) 
Destination brandingDestination image formation, online destination image12 (3.7)Service: 0.0
Services: 100.0
None: 0.0
Dwivedi (2009) 
e-WOMInfluence, trustworthiness, communication channels10 (3.1)Service: 10.0
Services: 30.0
None: 60.0
Andreassen and Streukens (2009) Liang and Scammon (2011) Ertimur and Gilly (2012) 
Other topicsValue, decision-making, emotions, storytelling93 (29.0)Service: 10.7
Services: 19.4
None: 69.9
Medberg and Heinonen (2014) Wu and Pearce (2016) Kjellberg et al. (2015) 
Total 321 (100.0)  

or Create an Account

Close Modal
Close Modal