The Effect of Trust in Social Media Influencers on the Pre-Purchase Behavior: A Research on Generation Z Cover Image

Sosyal Medya Influencerlarına Duyulan Güvenin Satın Alma Öncesi Davranış Üzerine Etkisi: Z Kuşağı Üzerine Bir Araştırma
The Effect of Trust in Social Media Influencers on the Pre-Purchase Behavior: A Research on Generation Z

Author(s): Erkan GÜNEŞ, Zeynep EKMEKÇİ, Muhammed TAŞ
Subject(s): Media studies, Tourism
Published by: Gazi Üniversitesi- Turizm Fakültesi
Keywords: influencers and evaluation of alternatives.KeySocial Media Influencers; Trust; Purchase; Travel Decision; Generation Z;

Summary/Abstract: This research aims to investigate and analyze the effect of trust in social media influencers on the pre-travel behavior of Generation Z. In this context, an online survey was conducted with 497 students in the Z generation who received tourism education at the university level with the convenience sampling method. In the study, the proposed research model was analyzed using PLS-SEM and the suitability of the proposed model was evaluated according to various compliance measures. As a result of the analyzes made trust in social media influencers has a positive effect on the desire to travel and the evaluation of alternatives; however, it was found that it did not have a significant effect on information search. It has been determined that the desire to travel has a positive effect on information search and information search has a positive effect on the evaluation of alternatives. Finally, while supporting the mediating role of the desire to travel in the relationship between trust in social media influencers and information search; the mediating role of information search was not supported in the relationship between trust in social media

  • Issue Year: 6/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 163-183
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Turkish