Combating Political Extremism Through Social Media Storytelling
Discover how social media marketing and storytelling can be powerful tools in combatting political extremism. Learn how creating engaging content, triggering emotional responses, and providing relatable solutions can shape public opinion. Explore the importance of integrating stories across multiple platforms to reach a wider audience and make a lasting impact on society.
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Social Media Marketing and Storytelling Combating political extremism using social media marketing: Why should the devil have all the best stories? Robert P. Ormrod PhD Associate Professor Department of Management Aarhus University Denmark 1
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling Introduction Most people are no longer supporters of one political idea We respond emotionally to the political ideas that are served to us Fiction is more interesting than fact stories are important! The right story in the right social media at the right time 2
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling Social media marketing: Content Short Relatable Recognisable, credible personas Trigger an emotional response Positive imagery (preferably) Contain a suggested solution 3
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling Social media marketing: Engagement Social media stories need to be engaging and promote the creation of: User-generated content content generated by general users, not professionals Co-created content content generated using collaboration between professionals and general users 4
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling Social media marketing: Structure Social media stories must be: Suitable for use on multiple platforms (iPads, PC s, mobile phones etc.) Suitable for use on multiple social media (Facebook, twitter, blogs, Flickr etc.) Integrated across all platforms and media one message! 5
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling Storytelling and social media In the postmodern society, social media marketing uses stories to engage the target audience Stories are fiction based on reality Stories consist of images and symbols that connect yesterday, today and tomorrow Stories also create social, geographical and political associations These stories also need to be suitable for all social media simultaneously
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling Who to target with the social media story? Who is reacting to the extremist s story? Who is passing on the extremist s story? We want to target those who are most likely to pass on our story they may be the same people! and they don t have to agree with us 7
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling Today- story Connections Associations Connections Associations Social Media Marketing Tomorrow -story Yesterday- story Connections Associations 8
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling A nationalist political message (note the photoshopped Golden Retriever ) 9
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling and a response from an humanitarian NGO Example 10
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling Summary What stories do you have about yesterday, today and tomorrow? Which associations and connections are there between these stories? How can we integrate your stories across social media and on different platforms? Who are you talking to? How can you engage them to spread the word ? What future do you want fictionalise it and make it engaging! 11
Social Media Marketing and Storytelling Thank you for listening Robert P. Ormrod PhD Associate Professor Department of Management Aarhus University Denmark 12
