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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Manufactured Authenticity: How Beauty Brands UseConsumers' Content to Communicate Branding Messages

Nouis, Meagan January 2020 (has links)
While beauty brands are often known to set industry trends, the consumers pave the way forbranding communications on social media. Companies have adapted their marketing strategies tobuild interactivity into their branding outreach. Therefore, this study answers the question, “Howdo beauty brands utilize consumer posts to convey branding messages?” To answer this, acontent analysis was performed using two sets of data: brand posts (n=314) from July 2019 andJanuary 2020, and consumer posts (n=100) which tagged the beauty brands. Using consumerculture theory, the study examines several themes, including branding messages, consumerengagement, and brand authenticity. Results reveal that beauty brands typically use consumerproducedcontent to convey experiential or user-centered branding messages, while companyproducedcontent most often includes informative and emotional messages. Further discussed isthe inclusion of Calls-to-Action (CTAs) which brands use to encourage user engagement. Thisstudy found a significant correlation between posts with CTAs and increased numbers in Likesand comments; however, these numbers are often misleading and represent manufacturedengagement. At the same time, users were found to engage more with the brands whenincentives or self-promotion opportunities were available.

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