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Question:

In today''s business contexts, persuasive and negative messaging is largely conducted via social media platforms. For this assignment, you are asked to create a digital slide presentation (5-10 minutes) which examines your selected company''s use of social media to send these two types of messages. You may choose any business with an active social media presence which interests you and which you have not previously studied. Perhaps, you are already following a number of businesses on Instagram or Youtube? Or, perhaps you follow a company blog? If so, you may want to choose one of those as you will already be familiar with its style and strategies.

Section 1- Analysis

Your presentation should answer the following questions:

How does the business promote its brand/product on social media? Include examples of the company''s persuasive social media posts. What kinds of appeals are employed in its persuasive messaging? Identify the company''s specific persuasive strategies in social media by consulting the textbook (pp. 315-316). Do you think the company is successful in its persuasive messaging? Why or why not?

How does the company respond to negative comments on its social media channels? What strategies, as described in the textbook (p.282 ), has the company employed in its responses to criticism? How has the company handled apologies? Based on the five elements of an effective corporate apology (p.268), how effective is the company''s approach? Has the company experienced any ''social media fails'' because of negative messaging mistakes?

You will be evaluated on your ability to thoughtfully analyze the business''s use of social media and your demonstrated understanding of persuasive and negative communication strategies as described in the textbook.

Section 2 - Creative Application

Now, imagine you are in charge of the business's social media accounts for one day. How would you provide persuasive messaging to customers through Instagram (4-6 posts), Youtube (one video), or a blog post? With your sample post, include a ''behind-the-scenes'' description which identifies your target audience and the persuasive messaging strategies you have used.

Presentation

As you create your slides, remember to incorporate the visual communication strategies presented in our Visual Communication workshop:

Use words on purpose (not too many!)
Keep it simple and consistent
Pictures speak louder than words
Respect dimensions
Use resources

You will be presenting to a small group of four or five students, and you will also upload your presentation to the assignment dropbox for grading. (As I will not be able to hear everyone''s presentations, your grade on this presentation will be based solely on your uploaded slides.) Peer feedback will also be collected following each presentation for the benefit of the presenter and for practice in giving and receiving peer feedback.

As in any assignment, you are expected to submit original work. This means that, while you can include examples of the company''s messaging, the analysis must be your own words and ideas. Just as in an essay assignment, words and/or ideas gathered through secondary research and not cited will result in a zero grade for the presentation.