Abstract
The increasing importance of social media, dominated by a two-way and fast communication process, has transformed the presence of institutions and enterprises in this field into a necessity beyond preference. However, it is known that this existence brings with it a number of opportunities and threats in the context of corporate reputation, depending on the success in managing social media accounts. In this study, based on the relationship between social media use and corporate reputation, it is aimed to analyze the trends of telecommunication companies Turkcell, Turk Telekom and Vodafone TR in corporate reputation management through social media tool Twitter posts. In the research, which is based on the corporate reputation scale developed by Fombrun, a total of 303 posts (tweet/re-tweet) made by the relevant companies between 01 March 2020 and 31 July 2020 were examined. According to the results digitized under the six main headings of the referenced corporate reputation scale by content analysis method; it has been observed that all three companies do not have a balanced distribution of the reputational transfer of their shares. Accordingly, it was recommended that the components of corporate reputation transfer should be considered as a separate acquisition element as a whole, and suggestions for future studies were shared.