What is online financial management about? A content analysis on popular post by online financial channels on Instagram

Purpose: This research used content analysis to analyse the popular content posted by Malaysian Online Financial Channels on social media (Instagram). The general ideas of the content posted by the online financial channels was determined via categorisation and descriptive statistics which were anal...

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Main Author: Leong, Zhi Lun
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2022
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description Purpose: This research used content analysis to analyse the popular content posted by Malaysian Online Financial Channels on social media (Instagram). The general ideas of the content posted by the online financial channels was determined via categorisation and descriptive statistics which were analysed using SPSS. The post image and caption were analysed separately. Design/Methodology/Approach: 16 online financial channels own by Malaysian with status as micro influencer were chosen. This research was carried out from 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2021. The top 9 post in each year from each online financial channel were chosen. A total 288 samples were collected. It is categorised into 12 different categories determined for this study. The method of content analysis has utilised both quantitative and qualitative method. Findings: This research showed that the dominant content for image category was promotional content. Whereas for the captions, interactive content category was the dominant category. Research Implications: Online financial channels used contents that has interactive content to attract user and lead them to take more action i.e., sign up for webinar. This is similar to the AIDA (Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action) model. Besides, online financial channels found Instagram as an effective platform for them to promote something.
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spelling utar-48742022-12-16T12:17:37Z What is online financial management about? A content analysis on popular post by online financial channels on Instagram Leong, Zhi Lun HG Finance Purpose: This research used content analysis to analyse the popular content posted by Malaysian Online Financial Channels on social media (Instagram). The general ideas of the content posted by the online financial channels was determined via categorisation and descriptive statistics which were analysed using SPSS. The post image and caption were analysed separately. Design/Methodology/Approach: 16 online financial channels own by Malaysian with status as micro influencer were chosen. This research was carried out from 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2021. The top 9 post in each year from each online financial channel were chosen. A total 288 samples were collected. It is categorised into 12 different categories determined for this study. The method of content analysis has utilised both quantitative and qualitative method. Findings: This research showed that the dominant content for image category was promotional content. Whereas for the captions, interactive content category was the dominant category. Research Implications: Online financial channels used contents that has interactive content to attract user and lead them to take more action i.e., sign up for webinar. This is similar to the AIDA (Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action) model. Besides, online financial channels found Instagram as an effective platform for them to promote something. 2022 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4874/1/60._LeongZhiLun_1802619.pdf Leong, Zhi Lun (2022) What is online financial management about? A content analysis on popular post by online financial channels on Instagram. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4874/
spellingShingle HG Finance
Leong, Zhi Lun
What is online financial management about? A content analysis on popular post by online financial channels on Instagram
title What is online financial management about? A content analysis on popular post by online financial channels on Instagram
title_full What is online financial management about? A content analysis on popular post by online financial channels on Instagram
title_fullStr What is online financial management about? A content analysis on popular post by online financial channels on Instagram
title_full_unstemmed What is online financial management about? A content analysis on popular post by online financial channels on Instagram
title_short What is online financial management about? A content analysis on popular post by online financial channels on Instagram
title_sort what is online financial management about? a content analysis on popular post by online financial channels on instagram
topic HG Finance
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4874/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4874/1/60._LeongZhiLun_1802619.pdf