Practicing social e-atmospherics: French and Turkish web designers' perspectives

Ronan De Kervenoael, Christophe Bisson, D. Selcen Ö. Aykaç

Research output: Unpublished contribution to conferenceUnpublished Conference Paperpeer-review

Abstract

E-atmospherics have motivated an emerging body of research which reports that both virtual layouts and atmospherics encourage consumers to modify their shopping habits. While the literature has analyzed mainly the functional aspect of e-atmospherics, little has been done in terms of linking its characteristics’ to social (co-) creation. This paper focuses on the anatomy of social dimension in relation to e-atmospherics, which includes factors such as the aesthetic design of space, the influence of visual cues, interpretation of shopping as a social activity and meaning of appropriate interactivity.
We argue that web designers are social agents who interact within intangible social reference sets, restricted by social standards, value, beliefs, status and duties embedded within their local geographies. We aim to review the current understanding of the importance and voluntary integration of social cues displayed by web designers from a mature market and an emerging market, and provides an analysis based recommendation towards the development of an integrated e-social atmospheric framework. Results report the findings from telephone interviews with an exploratory set of 10 web designers in each country. This allows us to re-interpret the web designers’ reality regarding social E-atmospherics. We contend that by comprehending (before any consumer input) social capital, daily micro practices, habits and routine, deeper understanding of social e-atmospherics preparatory, initial stages and expected functions will be acquired.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusUnpublished - 2009
Event8th international marketing trends congress - Paris, France
Duration: 16 Jan 200917 Jan 2009

Conference

Conference8th international marketing trends congress
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period16/01/0917/01/09

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