Document Type : Research Paper

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university of kurdistan

Abstract

The aiming of present study was to investigate the impact of involvement in the Instagram on relationship quality and the behavior of Persepolis fans. Using structural equation modeling and choose 365 Instagram on page members of Persepolis team.descriptive – correlation statistic was used. Through reviewing the research literature the questionnaire of 29 questions was conducted and according to the aiming of study, face and content validity confirmed by experts and its validity,using confirmatory factor analysis were studied. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the fit of the model. Data analysis was carried out using statistical software spss 22 and Amos 22. The results showed that, except of the type of the content, the variables type of media that have used and the of time posting have a positive and meaningful impact on the involvement in Instagram, also showed that the involvement in the pages of Instagram can have a positive impact on the quality of the relation and the behavior of fans of club. Therefore, according to factors such as the type of media that have used and the posting time can be invested in engaging fans to help the club and ultimately improve the relationship with the club fans.

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