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  • What messages does social marketing advertising send? A content analysis of advertisements aiming to minimise harm from alcohol consumption

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    Zharekhina, Liliia
    Kubacki, Krzysztof
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    Kubacki, Krzysztof
    Zharekhina, Liliia
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    2015
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    While excess alcohol consumption remains one of the most pressing problems for government and society in many countries, the role of social marketing as a tool for shaping a responsible alcohol consumption culture has grown in significance. This research focuses specifically on the communication aspect of social marketing in the form of social marketing advertising. This study seeks to explore what types of approaches and messages are most prevalent in social marketing advertising campaigns that aim to minimise harm from excess alcohol consumption. This study applies the content analysis method to identify the main themes ...
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    While excess alcohol consumption remains one of the most pressing problems for government and society in many countries, the role of social marketing as a tool for shaping a responsible alcohol consumption culture has grown in significance. This research focuses specifically on the communication aspect of social marketing in the form of social marketing advertising. This study seeks to explore what types of approaches and messages are most prevalent in social marketing advertising campaigns that aim to minimise harm from excess alcohol consumption. This study applies the content analysis method to identify the main themes and messages in a sample of social marketing advertisements. A total of 14 social marketing advertising campaigns, including 29 advertisements, was identified. The analytical framework for this research included both positive and negative consequences of alcohol consumption, and two main social marketing advertising approaches identified in the literature: empowering and patronising. This study found that the patronising approach and a strong focus on the negative consequences of alcohol consumption are prevalent in contemporary social marketing campaigns aimed at minimising harmful drinking behaviours. Social marketing too often takes a patronising approach to encouraging behavioural change. More social marketing efforts should be directed towards identifying how to facilitate and support behaviour change through empowerment by providing consumers with alternative behavioural options.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing
    Volume
    20
    Issue
    4
    Publisher URI
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nvsm.1531/full
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.1531
    Copyright Statement
    © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: What messages does social marketing advertising send? A content analysis of advertisements aiming to minimise harm from alcohol consumption, International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Volume 20, Issue 4, November 2015, Pages 285–298, which has been published in final form at 10.1002/nvsm.1531. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
    Subject
    Marketing communications
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/99187
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