Hedonic and Utilitarian Consumption in COVID-19 Process

Due to globalization, competitive marketing strategies, and developments in communication technologies, analyzing consumer behaviors becomes much more complicated these days. Fundamentally, the most noteworthy factors that affect consumer behaviors are getting benefits, entertainment, feeling satisf...

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Autores principales: Murat Seyfi, Merve Çerçi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:29505cf094634d69a0c530d63be37a2d2021-12-02T12:19:09ZHedonic and Utilitarian Consumption in COVID-19 Process1308-31982667-581110.17680/erciyesiletisim.806374https://doaj.org/article/29505cf094634d69a0c530d63be37a2d2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/erciyesiletisim/issue/60090/806374https://doaj.org/toc/1308-3198https://doaj.org/toc/2667-5811Due to globalization, competitive marketing strategies, and developments in communication technologies, analyzing consumer behaviors becomes much more complicated these days. Fundamentally, the most noteworthy factors that affect consumer behaviors are getting benefits, entertainment, feeling satisfied, and taking pleasure. Analyzing consumer behaviors and developing new strategies becomes crucial for companies during the COVID-19 period that turns daily life upside down. This study aims to investigate if there is a difference between hedonic and utilitarian consumption behaviors of participants who have a high- and low-level fear of COVID-19. The aims of former researches that were carried out up to the present were to find reasons and effects of hedonic consumption. Since this study aims to investigate hedonic and utilitarian consumption from the perspective of COVID-19 fear, which is an ultimate crisis, this study differs from other studies. An online questionnaire is selected as the research method of this study and the sample involves 548 (N=548) individuals. The research showed that there is a statistically significant difference among participants who have a high and low level of COVID-19 fear in terms of hedonic and hedonic and utilitarian consumption behaviors. Research results and limitations are discussed within the context of the literature.Murat SeyfiMerve ÇerçiErciyes Universityarticlecommunicationcovi̇d-19utilitarian consumptionhedonic consumptioni̇letişimcovid-19faydacı tüketimhazcı tüketimCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96ENTRErciyes iletişim Dergisi, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 23-36 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
TR
topic communication
covi̇d-19
utilitarian consumption
hedonic consumption
i̇letişim
covid-19
faydacı tüketim
hazcı tüketim
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
spellingShingle communication
covi̇d-19
utilitarian consumption
hedonic consumption
i̇letişim
covid-19
faydacı tüketim
hazcı tüketim
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Murat Seyfi
Merve Çerçi
Hedonic and Utilitarian Consumption in COVID-19 Process
description Due to globalization, competitive marketing strategies, and developments in communication technologies, analyzing consumer behaviors becomes much more complicated these days. Fundamentally, the most noteworthy factors that affect consumer behaviors are getting benefits, entertainment, feeling satisfied, and taking pleasure. Analyzing consumer behaviors and developing new strategies becomes crucial for companies during the COVID-19 period that turns daily life upside down. This study aims to investigate if there is a difference between hedonic and utilitarian consumption behaviors of participants who have a high- and low-level fear of COVID-19. The aims of former researches that were carried out up to the present were to find reasons and effects of hedonic consumption. Since this study aims to investigate hedonic and utilitarian consumption from the perspective of COVID-19 fear, which is an ultimate crisis, this study differs from other studies. An online questionnaire is selected as the research method of this study and the sample involves 548 (N=548) individuals. The research showed that there is a statistically significant difference among participants who have a high and low level of COVID-19 fear in terms of hedonic and hedonic and utilitarian consumption behaviors. Research results and limitations are discussed within the context of the literature.
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author Murat Seyfi
Merve Çerçi
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Merve Çerçi
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title Hedonic and Utilitarian Consumption in COVID-19 Process
title_short Hedonic and Utilitarian Consumption in COVID-19 Process
title_full Hedonic and Utilitarian Consumption in COVID-19 Process
title_fullStr Hedonic and Utilitarian Consumption in COVID-19 Process
title_full_unstemmed Hedonic and Utilitarian Consumption in COVID-19 Process
title_sort hedonic and utilitarian consumption in covid-19 process
publisher Erciyes University
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