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De Montfort University

BA (Hons) Business and Administrative Management

Marketing Communications L2 - Communications Process R. Wong


Email: wwwong@cityu.edu.hk / hkeducator@gmail.com

The Nature of Communication

The communication process is complex, and often unsuccessful

Forms of Encoding

Verbal
Spoken Word Written Word Song Lyrics

Graphic
Pictures Drawings Charts

Musical
Arrangement Instrumentation Voices

Animation
Action/ Motion Pace/ Speed Shape/ Form

An Image Can Convey More Than Words

What is the symbolic meaning of this Levi ad?


The Model The Clothes

The Setting

The Statement
The Tag Line

Communication Channel
Personal Channels Nonpersonal Channels

Word of Mouth

Personal Selling

Print Media

Broadcast Media

Marketers Embrace Buzz Marketing

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Field of Experience Overlap


Different Worlds
Sender Experience Receiver Experience

Moderate Commonality
Sender Experience Receiver Experience

High Commonality
Receiver Sender Experience Experience

Receiver Experience

Noise

Successful Communication
Select an appropriate source

Develop a properly encoded message

Select appropriate channel for target audience

Receive feedback

Identifying the Target Audience


Mass Markets and Audiences

Markets Segments
Niche Markets Individual and Group Audiences

The Response Process

Effectiveness Tests
Circulation reach
Listener, reader, viewer recognition Recall, checklists

Obtaining Feedback

Persuasion Process
Exposure/presentation Attention Comprehension Message acceptance/ yielding Retention Purchase behavior

Brand attitudes, purchase intent


Recall over time
Inventory POP consumer panel Scanner data

Alternative Response Hierarchies


Topical Involvement
High Low
Low involvement model Cognitive Learning model

Perceived product differentiation

High

Cognitive Affective Conative Dissonance/ attribution model

Conative

Low

Conative Affective Cognitive

Affective

Low-Involvement Products

High involvement product

The FCB Planning Model


Thinking
High Involvement

Feeling

Informative The Thinker

Affective The Feeler

Low Involvement

Habit Formation The Doer

SelfSatisfaction The Reactor

Connecting on an Emotional Level

Philips Green marketing

Cognitive Response
A method for examining consumers cognitive processing of advertising messages by looking at their cognitive responses to hearing, viewing, or reading communications Examines thoughts that are evoked by an advertising message Consumers write down or verbally report their reactions to a message

A Model of Cognitive Response

Cognitive Response Categories


Product/Message Thoughts Counterarguments Support arguments

Source-Oriented Thoughts

Source derogation

Source bolstering

Ad Execution Thoughts Thoughts about the ad itself Affect attitude toward the ad

Celebrity Endorsers Can Be Peripheral Cues

Consecutive ad to generate additional response cue


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How Advertising Works

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