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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2022, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 178-187.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2019.1775

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Research on Brand Diffusion and Brand Image Differentiation on Social Media: Comparison of Huawei and Haier

WANG Zong-shui1,2, SUN Zhuo3, ZHANG Jian1   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, Beijing information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100192, China;2. School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;3. School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;4.Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2019-11-06 Revised:2020-01-23 Published:2022-06-24
  • Contact: 赵红 E-mail:zhaohong@ucas.ac.cn

Abstract: Social media has become an important way for company brand building. In this study, Huawei and Haier are selected as the research objects. Data mining and social network analysis methods have been used to study the brand diffusion process based on the data collected from 26,503,570 and 3,277,717 Weibo users. The information diffusion process has been analyzed by two typical events of the two companies’ Weibo accounts. Finally, by mapping the high-frequency words to investigate the difference between the brand image presented by social media and companies want to build.

Key words: social media; brand diffusion; brand image; differentiation

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