Article No.

IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON BRAND

EQUITY: A LITERATURE ANALYSIS
Mohd.Sarwar Alam
Research Scholar,Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim
University,Aligarh

Dr. Bilal Mustafa Khan

Associate Professor,Department of Business Administration,Faculty of
Management Studies & Research,Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Abstract: The introduction of Web 2.0 has provided a powerful platform to people for sharing
information related to any product or brand like new arrival, product quality, satisfaction or
dissatisfaction, and product or brand success on internet. Social media marketing has emerged as
the most popular and effective tool of marketing and communication. The result is growing interest of
Brand Managers in using social media extensively and tapping the prospects from all ends. In light of
such positive ground for social media this study aims to provide a theoretical analysis of the impact of
social media on brand equity. We have conducted a systematic review of social media and brand equity
research to understand how the dimensions of social media create word of mouth i.e. electronic word of
mouth (E-WOM) on social media platforms and how this E-WOM further influence the brand equity of
any brand. Building upon the literature analysis, the study has identified the key dimensions of social
media which can create E-WOM. Further, we have identified the dimensions of brand equity to see
how E-WOM can be related to these brand equity dimensions as well as how these dimensions
contribute to the overall brand equity of any brand. The study will provide an important foundation for
understanding the impact of social media on Brand Equity and can be further considered for empirical
studies in this particular field.

Key Words: Social Media, Brand Equity, Social Media Communication, User Generated Content,
Firm Created Content, Word of Mouth, Electronic Word of Mouth

Introduction
The decision of Consumers in Buying Process is being largely affected by the
number of ways of marketing and communication done by a particular brand. An
increasing number of consumers are embracing the internet and spend more time
searching for information as well as shopping online. Social Media Marketing has
emerged as the most popular and effective tool of marketing and communication.
The companies are using social media campaigns to attract the prospects and making
the existing customers brand loyal. As the usage of social media is increasing at a fast
pace, in addition to existing social networkers, private business firms and government
bodies are also using the platforms as communication tools (Kim and Ko, 2012).
Now, firms are not the only source of brand communication as social media allows
the consumers or prospects to communicate with many other consumers from all
corners of the world. More importantly, consumers are losing their interest from
traditional media such as TV, radio, or magazines and are increasingly using social
media platforms for searching the information (Mangold and Faulds, 2009). The viral
dissemination of information among the people through social media is much stronger
than the traditional media such as TV, radio, and print advertisements (Keller, 2009).
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Social media has helped the marketers to build up an interactive communication
environment where they can enhance existing relationships with consumers. The
platform can take various forms like Weblogs, Social blogs, Micro blogging, Wikis,
Podcasts, Pictures, Video, Rating and social bookmarking (Kim and Ko, 2012). The
product reviews by consumers on social media can produce a positive or negative
brand buzz and the messages on these virtual platforms affect consumer buying
decisions (Vij and Sharma, 2013). Everson (2014) suggests that Brands should have a
social analytics team which can properly monitor and engage target audiences on
social media platforms especially because community managers cannot fight this
battle alone. The increased usage of the Social Media has changed the way people
interact and communicate. It has become very easy for the Brands to promote and
advertise their Products through Social media networks. The communication gets
exposure to a large base of Social media users in a very short span of time. With
ever-increasing prevalence, social networking sites are being used by consumers to
connect with one another, and increasingly to connect consumers with brands and
vice versa (Wolny and Mueller, 2013). In addition, social media activities of brands
can help to reduce preconception and misunderstanding toward brands, and to
increase brand value by providing an online platform to the people for exchanging
ideas and information (Kim and Ko, 2012).

This study has first identified individual studies related to social media, electronic
word of mouth, and brand equity. Then, it has classified the key dimensions of social
media communication which can create E-WOM. Further, the study has identified the
dimensions of brand equity to see how E-WOM can be related to these brand equity
dimensions as well as how these dimensions contribute to the overall brand equity of
any brand.

The structure of the paper is as follows. Firstly, the paper presents the basic
definitions and theories about social media, electronic word of mouth, and brand
equity. Then the paper describes how the literatures have been identified to include in
the study. This is followed by review of various studies. Finally, the paper proposes a
conceptual framework and a set of propositions showing the impact of social media
on brand equity. The study concludes with the discussion about the implications and
limitations of the conceptual framework for future theoretical and empirical
investigations.

1. Social Media
Richter & Koch (2007) define Social media as “online applications and platforms
which aim to facilitate interactions, collaborations and sharing of content". Social
media is the medium to socialize. Neti (2011) defines social media as “any website
which allows user to share their content, opinion, views and encourages interaction
and community building”. Further, she explains in her study that the term ‘Social
media’ can be derived from two words namely ‘social’ and ‘media’ which constitute
it. Social refers to the communication or interaction of individuals within a group or
community and Media generally refers to advertising where the communication of
ideas or information takes place through publications or channels. Safko and Brake
(2009) define Social media as “activities, practices, and behaviours among
communities of people who gather online to share information, knowledge, and
opinions using conversational media”. Social media refers to the communication
platforms which are generated and supported by the social interaction of people
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through the specific medium or tool (Neti, 2011). They use internet based technology
for quick sharing of knowledge and information to a large number of web users. They
allow creation and exchange of user-generated content. The Social media concept
involve the use of Internet based applications and services for communication,
collaboration, creation and exchange of contents by individuals and groups (Mangold
and Faulds, 2009; Kaplan and Haenlein, 2010). According to Robinson (2007), social
media are the tools used for communication that have Web 2.0 attributes like
participation, collaboration, knowledge sharing and web tools to empower the internet
users. Social media has come with a new form of consumer socialization where the
peer communication has significant impact on consumer decision making. The
platforms i.e. social networking sites may be an important source of consumer
socialization by providing people a virtual space to communicate through the internet
(Vinerean, Cetina, Dumitrescu, and Tichindelean, 2013). Although the main focus of
the social media is interpersonal relationships, Gillin and Schwartzman (2011)
suggest that social media can offer social capital to firms and organisations which
help in collecting marketing intelligence and opportunity identification by studying
and monitoring the target market as well as customer or prospect behaviours on social
media platforms.

2. Word of Mouth and Electronic Word of Mouth

Westbrook (1987) defines Word of Mouth as ‘‘all informal communications directed
at other consumers about the ownership, usage, or characteristics of particular goods
and services or their sellers.’’. Described as WOM communication (WOM), the
process allows consumers to share information and opinions that direct buyers
towards and away from specific products, brands, and services (Hawkins, Best &
Coney, 2004). Litvin, Goldsmith & Pan (2008) define WOM as the communication
between consumers about a product, service, or a company in which the sources are
considered independent of commercial influence. Based on the definition of WOM by
Westbrook (1987), electronic word-of-mouth (E-WOM) can be defined as all
informal communications directed at consumers through Internet-based technology
related to the usage or characteristics of particular goods and services, or their sellers.
This includes communication between producers and consumers as well as those
between consumers themselves (Goldsmith, 2006). Duana, Gu & Whinston (2008)
define online word of mouth (E-WOM) as an Internet platform to share the positive or
negative reports between the existing users and future customers. In contrast to
traditional WOM, E-WOM is defined as ‘any positive or negative statements made by
potential, actual, or former customers about a product or company, which is made
available to a multitude of people and institutions via the Internet’ (Henning-Thurau
et al, 2004). As such, far different from physical WOM, E-WOM can create virtual
relationships and communities, with influence far beyond the readers and producers of
WOM; it actually creates a new type of reality by influencing readers during their
online information searches (Litvin et al, 2008).

3. Brand Equity
Brand Equity is defined as the difference in consumer choice between the focal
branded product and an unbranded product given the same level of product features
(Yoo and Donthu, 2001). Aaker (1991) defines Brand Equity as a “set of brand assets
and liabilities linked to a brand, its name and symbol that add to or subtract from the
value provided by a product or service to a firm and/or to that firm’s customers”.
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Brand equity can be defined both from consumer and firm based perspectives
(Atilgan, Akinci, Aksoy & Kaynak, 2009). The consumer based aspect is mainly
about consumer mind-set which can be described using constructs like attitudes,
awareness, associations, attachments and loyalties (Keller and Lehmann, 2001).

The firm based aspect talks about Product market outcomes such as price premium,
market share, relative price, and financial market outcomes such as brand’s purchase
price and discounted cash flow of license fees and royalties (Ailawadi, Lehmann, and
Neslin, 2003; Keller and Lehmann, 2001). Punj & Hillyer (2004) suggest in their
study that consumer-based brand equity is said to be a set of brand-related
associations held by the consumer in memory. In this context, brand equity can be
taken as being largely attitudinal in nature comprising of beliefs, affect, and other
subjective experiences related to the brand like brand attitude and brand image. Keller
(1993) proposes the definition of customer-based brand equity as “the differential
effect of brand knowledge on consumer response to the marketing of the brand”.
Consumer based brand equity constructs measure the awareness, attitudes,
associations, attachments and loyalties of consumers related to a particular brand
(Keller and Lehman, 2006). Therefore, the two main frameworks that can explain
brand equity in an appropriate manner are those of Aaker (1991) and Keller (1993).
According to Aaker (1991), brand equity is a multidimensional concept with first four
core dimensions as brand awareness, perceived quality, brand associations and brand
loyalty. Keller’s (1993) brand equity concept focuses on brand knowledge with its
two components namely brand awareness and brand image.

4. Literature Identification and Analysis

Searching the available articles to be used for the review is done by a two stage
process i.e. article identification and article analysis. In order to identify the relevant
studies, this study involved collecting academic and peer reviewed journal articles
that propagate impact of social media on brand equity in some way. Firstly, a
systematic electronic search was conducted using various Databases like Emerald,
Science Direct, Taylor and Francis, and EBSCO etc. Then, the study reviewed
Marketing Journals like Marketing Science, Contemporary Marketing Review,
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing, International
Journal of Marketing, Financial Services & Management Research, Management
Research Review, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Business and
Management, Journal of Marketing Communications, Journal of Consumer
Psychology etc and MIS Journals like Decision Support Systems and Journal of
Knowledge Management, Economics and Informational Technology etc. Among the
identified papers, a significant number of studies have shown the impact of social
media on Brand Equity dimensions directly or indirectly. Apart from this, many
studies have talked about the dissemination of e-WOM on social media platforms as
well as its influence on brand equity.

5. Review of Studies
Social media is an emerging trend among marketers as well as academicians due to its
potential to influence the marketing elements. It is being used for branding purpose
extensively. Such emerging topic has attracted the researchers and academicians from
all corners of the world to debate over this. Though this field of research is in its
introduction stage, researchers are opting to conduct studies in the particular field. On
the other hand, electronic word of mouth is the result of the internet based
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communications taking place on social media platforms. It is of equal importance and
very much responsible for branding like creating brand equity. Social media
communication and electronic word of mouth complement each other. There are
many studies showing the relationship between social media and electronic word of
mouth, social media and brand equity, electronic word of mouth and brand equity.
Table I shows some relevant studies conducted in the field along with their constructs
and findings as concluded by the researchers.

Table I: Review of Studies

Author & Year Constructs Key findings
Bruhn, M., Schoenmueller, Social media Traditional media has a
V., & Schafer, D. (2012) communication (User stronger impact on brand
generated content & Firm awareness & social media
created content), communications strongly
Consumer mindset (Brand influence brand image.
awareness, Functional Firm created content has
brand image, Hedonic an important impact on
brand image & Brand functional brand image
attitude) and Consumer while user generated
behavior (Purchase content has a major
intention). influence on hedonic brand
image.
Vries, N. J. D., & Carlson, Gratifications (Functional Customer engagement is
J. (2014) value, Hedonic value, formed by co-creation and
Social value & Co- social value together with
Creation value) , Brand usage intensity and brand
strength, Usage intensity, strength.
Customer engagement Customer engagement
with Brand Facebook influences Customer
page, Customer engagement behaviours
engagement behaviours directed at the Brand
with Brand Facebook page Facebook page and brand
and Brand loyalty loyalty
Kim, A. J., & Ko, E. Social media marketing Social media marketing
(2012) activities, Value equity, activities perceived by
Relationship equity, Brand customers are influential to
equity, purchase intention all customer equity drivers
and Customer equity. including value equity,
relationship equity &
brand equity. The three
customer equity drivers
show no positive influence
on customer equity.
The three customer equity
drivers have significant
positive impact on
purchase intention.
Purchase intention has a
positive significant impact

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 on customer equity.
Schiviniski, B., & User generated social User generated
Dabrowski, D. (2014) media communication, communication has
Firm created social media positive impact on brand
communication, Brand equity and brand attitude.
equity, Brand attitude and Firm created content has
Purchase intention. positive impact on brand
attitude.
Brand attitude positively
influences brand equity
and purchase intention.
Brand equity has positive
impact on purchase
intention.

Author & Year Constructs Key findings

Christodoulides, G., User generated content Co-Creation, Community
Jevons, C. & Bonhomme, (Co-Creation, and Self-Concept have a
J. (2012) Empowerment, positive impact on
Community & Self- consumers’ involvement
Concept) and Consumer with UGC and that UGC
based brand equity involvement has a positive
impact on brand
perceptions through
CBBE.
Yasin and Zahari (2011) Family influence, Viral Family recommendation
marketing, Brand loyalty, and viral marketing have
Brand awareness, significant influence on
Perceived quality, Brand perceived quality and
associations and Brand brand loyalty.
equity. Viral marketing has
positive significant
influence on brand
awareness and association.
Murtiasih, S., Sucherly. , Word of mouth (WOM), WOM positively
& Siringoringo, H. (2013) Brand equity, Brand influences brand
awareness, Brand awareness, brand
association, Perceived association, brand loyalty
quality, Brand loyalty and perceived quality.
Brand awareness, brand
association, brand loyalty
and perceived quality
positively influence brand
equity.

Severi, E., Ling, K.C., Electronic word of mouth E-WOM has a significant
Nasermoadeli, A. (2014) (E-WOM), Brand equity, impact on brand
Brand awareness, Brand awareness, brand
association, Perceived association, brand loyalty,

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 quality, Brand loyalty, brand image and perceived
Brand image. quality.

Rezvani, M., Hoseini, WOM characteristics Volume has a significant

H.K., & Samadzadeh, (Volume, Valence, Source positive influence on brand
M.M. (2012) type), Brand awareness, awareness, perceived
Perceived quality, Brand quality, brand loyalty and
loyalty and Brand brand association.
association. Valence has a significant
negative influence on
brand awareness and
positive influence on brand
association.
Source type has no
significant influence on the
brand equity elements.

Yoo and Donthu (2000) Brand loyalty, Perceived Brand loyalty, Perceived
quality, Brand awareness, quality, Brand awareness,
associations, Overall brand and associations
equity significantly influence
Overall brand equity.

6. Conceptual Framework
There are many studies showing the relationship between social media and brand
equity like Bruhn et al (2012); Vries & Carlson (2014); Kim and Ko (2012);
Schiviniski & Dabrowski (2014); Kapoor, P.S. Jayasimha, K.R, & Sadh, A. (2013)
and Christodoulides et al (2012) etc. Some studies have shown this relationship
through electronic word of mouth which is the ultimate result of social media
communications like Wolny & Mueller (2013); Bambauer-Sachse, S., & Mangold, S.
(2011); Yasin and Zahari (2011) and Murtiasih et al (2013) etc. Bruhn et al (2012)
have used the term social media communication for social media as it is mainly the
communications which take place on social media platforms. The marketers or brand
managers mainly aim for communication objectives on social media platforms. Hence
Bruhn et al (2012) and Schiviniski & Dabrowski (2014) have used the dimensions of
social media communication as firm created content and user generated content.

Godes and Mayzlin (2009) suggest that firms try to create WOM among the
consumers which can be called as firm created WOM. As these WOM are firm
initiated, it can be said that firm created content engineers the WOM on social media
platforms. Further, Cheung and Thadani (2012) suggest that it is the nature of online
review platforms which influences the electronic word of mouth (E-WOM). The
platform can consist of firm created content as well as user generated content. Hence,
the study derives the following propositions;

P1: Firm created content has a significant impact on electronic word of mouth (E-
WOM).

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P2: User generated content has a significant impact on electronic word of mouth (E-
WOM).

The two main frameworks that can explain brand equity in an appropriate manner are
those of Aaker (1991) and Keller (1993). According to Aaker (1991), brand equity is
a multidimensional concept with first four core dimensions as brand awareness,
perceived quality, brand associations and brand loyalty. Keller’s (1993) brand equity
concept focuses on brand knowledge with its two components namely brand
awareness and brand image. The study focuses on Aaker’s concept of brand equity as
this is widely accepted and used by the researchers. Various literatures suggest that
there is a strong relationship between E-WOM and brand equity dimensions.
According to the studies of Yasin and Zahari (2011); Murtiashih, Sucherly, &
Siringoringo (2013); Severi, Ling, & Nasermoadeli (2014); Rezvani, Hoseini, &
Samadzadeh (2012), it is evident that E-WOM significantly influences the brand
equity dimensions namely brand awareness, brand association, perceived quality and
brand loyalty.

Therefore, the study has the following propositions;

P3: E-WOM has a significant impact on brand awareness.
P4: E-WOM has a significant impact on brand association.
P5: E-WOM has a significant impact on perceived quality.
P6: E-WOM has a significant impact on brand loyalty.

Brand equity dimensions further contribute to the overall brand equity. According to
the study of Yoo, Donthu & Lee (2000), the brand equity dimensions namely brand
awareness, brand association, perceived quality and brand loyalty significantly
influence overall brand equity. Hence the study derives the following propositions;

P7: Brand awareness significantly impacts the overall brand equity.

P8: Brand association significantly impacts the overall brand equity.
P9: Perceived quality significantly impacts the overall brand equity.
P10: Brand loyalty significantly impacts the overall brand equity.

Based on the propositions, the study develops a conceptual model showing the
dimensions of social media communication influencing electronic word of mouth
which further influences the brand equity dimensions and finally the dimensions of
brand equity contribute to the overall brand equity. Figure 1 shows the conceptual
model.

Brand
Firm
Awareness
created
Over all
E-WOM
Brand Brand
User Association
Equity
generated

Content Brand
Loyalty

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Quality
 Figure 1: Conceptual Model

7. Conclusion and Discussion

It is very important to understand the difference between firm-created and user-

generated content on social media and examine the effects of these two forms of
communication on social media separately. This is highly significant as firm-created
content on social media is under the control of the firm and the brand managers
whereas user-generated content on social media is independent of the organization’s
control (Bruhn et al, 2012). Therefore, it is the need of the hour to understand the role
of social media communication in brand equity creation by analyzing the effects of
two dimensions (types of communications) namely firm-created content and user-
generated content on social media separately. Further, it is evident from various
studies that social media platforms create E-WOM and this internet based
communication among the consumers has the potential to influence brand equity. The
study aimed to examine the relationships between social media, E-WOM and brand
equity quantitatively and to provide a conceptual model based on these relations. The
propositions and conceptual model suggest that social media communications has two
key dimensions namely firm created content and user generated content which
significantly influence E-WOM. This E-WOM has a significant impact on brand
equity dimensions namely brand awareness, brand association, perceived quality and
brand loyalty. Further, these brand equity dimensions has significant impact on
overall brand equity. The paper is an attempt to develop a basic model which can
show the impact of social media on brand equity. The conceptual model can help the
researchers to formulate hypotheses and test the model empirically so that the
quantitative impact can be understood. The study can provide important insights for
further exploratory studies as well as empirical studies in this particular field of
research.

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