Thomas Stenger

Social Media and Online Reputation Management as Practice: First Steps Towards Social CRM?

Intensive consumer participation on social media has raised new challenges in terms of reputation management and CRM. This paper tackles the issue of online reputation management in the era of social media (SM). It explores the practices of SM managers using a qualitative research methodology based mainly on online observation and in-depth interviews with practitioners. It is not simply a case of stating what SM and online reputation management could or should be but of identifying what it is from within, from the field analysis of the discourse and practices of professionals. The analysis of the results reveals that online reputation management is organised around five main activities and SM managers have to play five roles relating to various issues and competences. It is also evident that online reputation management is at the interface of Internet monitoring, online communication and social CRM. Finally, companies are not considering social CRM as much as customers would like.

Pour un renouvellement du concept de situation: le cas de la situation de shopping en ligne à domicile

Vingt ans après l’article prospectif d’Alba et al. (1997) consacré à l’achat interactif à domicile, cette recherche propose un examen de la situation de shopping en ligne à domicile (SHADO). Elle repose sur une observation des pratiques de SHADO afin de voir et de savoir ce qui se passe derrière l’écran. L’article distingue deux approches théoriques de la situation (classique et participative) et conduit à renouveler la conceptualisation de la situation autour du triptyque « participants –  dimension spatiale – dimension temporelle ». Les résultats mettent en évidence un acteur principal en interaction avec d’autres participants et des sites marchands, la mobilité spatiale et la matérialité de la situation ainsi que son caractère discontinu. La fragmentation de la situation de SHADO est soulignée. Outre l’élaboration d’un nouveau cadre conceptuel, la recherche conduit à relativiser l’immersion en ligne et à intégrer le SHADO au sein d’une véritable stratégie omni-canal.

For a renewal of the situation concept: The situation of home online shopping

Twenty years after the pioneering article devoted to interactive home shopping by Alba et al., this research intends to study the situation of home online shopping (SHOS). An observation is carried out using video recording to examine the real practices that occur behind the screen. Two theoretical approaches are distinguished (classic and participatory). A new conceptualization of the situation is proposed that rests on three factors: the participants, spatial dimension, and time dimension. An analysis of the results highlights a main participant who interacts with other participants and business websites in addition to their spatial mobility and the materiality of the situation with its discontinuous characteristic. The fragmentation of the SHOS is emphasized. In addition to a new conceptualization of the situation, this research aims to relativize the online immersion process (flow) and to integrate the SHOS into a real omni-channel strategy.