VIOLENCE IN MARKETING COMMUNICATION EFFORTS OF FASHION BRANDS: SHOCKVERTISING

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Author: Yrd.Doç.Dr.D. Zeynep BAYAZIT, Dr.Uğur Cevdet PANAYIRCI

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Year: 2015 Winter

Abstract:
Contemporary social and technological changes inevitably affect consumer behaviour. Today’s customer is savvy, have no time and hard to persuade. This new relationship between customers and brands has a deeper impact on competitive industries such as fashion. Fashion brands are eager to adopt shocking themes for their marketing communication efforts in order to emotionally affect and challenge consumers. Aim of this study is to study with a critical perspective the advertisement efforts of fashion companies that adopted shockvertising concept.

Keywords: Marketing Communication, Advertising, Fashion Communication, Violence, Shockvertising

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