Assessing the Social Media Maturity of a Community Radio Station: The Case of Rhodes Music Radio in South Africa
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2019-12-06
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Gavaza, Mudiwa A.
Pearse, Noel J.
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LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg
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Social media has become a major factor within the operations and functions of radio stations. This study used a social media maturity model (SMMM), developed from available literature, to assess the social media maturity of a South Africa community radio station, Rhodes Music Radio (RMR). The study found that RMR had a level 3 rating on a 5-level maturity scale, indicating that it was quite, but not yet fully, mature in its social media use. In addition to outlining the research and its findings, this article makes recommendations for how the station could increase the maturity of its social media use.
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Gavaza, M. A., & Pearse, N. J. (2019). Assessing the social media maturity of a community radio station: The case of Rhodes Music Radio in South Africa. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 24, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/28661