COMM 287 ADVERTSING AS SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
STUDY GUIDE 1 Questions for “New Branded World” by Naomi Klein “On Advertising: Sut Jhally vs. James Twitchell” “Advertising as Religion” by Sut Jhally Film: No Logo Film: The Diamond Empire Naomi Klein: New Branded World
1. What idea was the gospel of the machine age?
Bolstering ones brand name was important
2. What consensus emerged about corporations in the 1980’s?
Corporations were bloated, oversized, owned too much, employed too many people, and were weighed down with too many things
3. What race were new companies such as Nike and Microsoft competing in?
A race to own the least and employ the fewest people rivaling the traditional all American manufacturers’ for market share.
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Suddenly it seemed smarter to put resources into price reductions and other incentives than into fabulously expensive ad campaigns.
16. According to the agencies what would competing on the basis of real value lead to?
Stooping to compete on the basis of real value, the agencies ominously warned, would spell not just the death of the brand, but corporate death as well.
17. How did companies such as Coke, Pepsi, McDonald’s, Burger King and
Disney respond to the brand crisis?
And when the brands crashed, these companies didn't even notice - they were branded to the bone. They always understood that they were selling brands before product. They had their eyes fixed on global expansion.
18. How did The Body Shop and Starbucks foster powerful brand identities?
What the success of both the Body Shop and Starbucks showed was how far the branding project had come in moving beyond splashing one's logo on a billboard. Here were two companies that had fostered powerful identities by making their brand concept into a virus and sending it out into the culture via a variety of channels: cultural sponsorship, political controversy, the consumer experience and brand extensions.
19. According to Scott Bedbury what must brands establish?
Emotional ties because there’s no difference between products
20. What is the difference between advertising and branding?
Advertising is about hawking product. Branding, in its
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However, Naomi Klein, an accomplished Canadian journalist, sees advertising on a lesser scale. In her essay, “The Beginning of Brand,” Klein evaluates the difference between advertising and branding. Klein’s methods of distinguishing between the subjects of advertising and branding will be further analyzed in this essay. Klein begins her essay with explaining the fundamental differences in advertising and branding.
As I take Com 101 this semester I have set many goals that I plan on following up on 100%. I do love to write but I’m not good at writing at all. I would love to get better with grammar when I finish this class for one of my goals. I would also like to get better at my word choice for explaining my points more thoroughly. I do use the word “thing” a lot that is very vague because on most my papers that word would be circled.
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