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Index of Paper Presentations for the Parallel Sessions - Academy of ...

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The social networking site revolution and its use by brands such as MTV India, Maruti Suzuki, Times <strong>of</strong> India, TataDocomo (see table 3) in generating close to a million fans and <strong>the</strong> wide differences in <strong>the</strong> fan base <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se brandscalls <strong>for</strong> a careful examination. This paper investigates <strong>the</strong> motivations behind intentions to ―Like‖ a community onIndia and world‘s largest used Social Networking Site, Facebook.Brand Members Brand MembersMTV India 2073841 Nokia India 484875Maruti Suzuki Ritz 153660 Micromax Mobile 134542Maruti Suzuki Estilo 72444 Pepsi India 1038767Jet Airways 183973 Tata Docomo 1722912Cadbury Bournville 554834 Reebok India 604629Amitabh Bachchan 80479 Aircel India 557402Sachin Tendulkar 305269 Times <strong>of</strong> India 915817Shoppers Stop 723460 Hindustan Times 138676India 1158181 Khan Market, New Delhi 68239I Love Maggi 201386 Maggi Point, Dehradun 12134Table 2: Fans <strong>of</strong> Indian Facebook pages as on 25th May, 2011Although in India, low penetration <strong>of</strong> internet can be seen as a hindrance in studying <strong>the</strong> Indian SNS user, <strong>the</strong>increase in spend on SNS marketing campaigns by big Indian brands and <strong>the</strong> rapid growth and influence <strong>of</strong> SNSsinvolving 60 per cent <strong>of</strong> total internet users (Mishra, 2011) requires investigation. Moreover <strong>the</strong> lack <strong>of</strong> research onIndian SNS user, fast growing nature <strong>of</strong> internet and user base <strong>of</strong> SNSs in India makes this investigation relevant <strong>for</strong>organizations looking to increase expenditure on social media.

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