The thesis focuses on the analysis of health in terms of health marketing, which is identified as the broad term that includes public health branding, as well as the commercial health branding. Emphasis is placed on the Slovak market. The theoretical part deals with the concept of health, the value of health and health literacy. This part consists of a situation analysis of the Slovak market of health, its demographic and health characteristics as well as the description of health and health care in Czechosovakia. The core of the theoretical part of the thesis is a comprehensive analysis of the health marketing. The practical part with qualitative market research method ZMET examines perception of health of Slovak respondents, connects gained information from the theoretical part of the thesis and gives recommendations for the health marketing by taking limitations of the used qualitative research method in consideration. The aim of my Master's Thesis is to show the importance of penetration into the minds of consumers by creating marketing campaigns and revealed deep metaphors apply to product design, advertising and marketing communication in general.

Les produits traditionnels semblent être une « nouvelle » tendance pour les produits alimentaires. De nombreux travaux sont effectués pour définir ce qu’est le produit traditionnel. Cependant, nous observons par la littérature en sciences de gestion que le produit traditionnel alimentaire est un concept flou, qui manque de précision. D’ailleurs, nous ne pouvons pas savoir avec précision ce que le consommateur perçoit comme traditionnel dans un produit alimentaire. Dans l’optique d’apporter une vision différente, nous nous intéressons à comprendre les éléments traditionnels perçus dans le produit alimentaire. Nous mobilisons une revue de littérature en sciences sociales afin d’apporter de la clarté et structurer la traditionnalité perçue d’un produit alimentaire. Notre collecte de données utilise plusieurs méthodes qualitatives. Pour donner une nouvelle vision de ce qui est perçu comme traditionnel, nous faisons l’analyse à l’aide de la Grounded Theory. Avec les résultats de cette analyse, nous proposons quatre dimensions de la traditionnalité. Nous réalisons une triangulation méthodologique des données par une analyse statistique de données textuelles. Nos résultats sont concluants. La traditionnalité perçue d’un produit alimentaire est un concept expérientiel, à quatre dimensions : processuelle, dynamique, identitaire et rituelle. Cette conceptualisation apporte de la clarté en termes théoriques. Elle ouvre de voies pour le développement des outils de mesure. En termes managériales, la mise en évidence de la traditionnalité perçue d’un produit alimentaire et l’expérience de consommation ou d’élaboration offre des possibilités de développement aux producteurs. / Traditional food products seem to be a "new" trend. A lot of work has been done to define what is a traditional product. However, we observe from the literature review in management that traditional food product is a fuzzy concept, which lacks of precision. Besides we can not know precisely what the consumer perceives as raditional in food product. In order to provide a different point of view, we are interested in understanding the traditional elements perceived in the food product. We mobilize a literature review in the social sciences in order to bring clarity and structure to perceived traditionality of food product. Our data collection uses several qualitative methods. To give a new vision of what is perceived as traditional, we make an analysis using the Grounded Theory. Through the results of this analysis, we propose four dimensions of traditionality. We perform a methodological triangulation of the data by statistical analysis of textual data. Our results are conclusive. The perceived traditionality of a food product is an experiential concept, with four dimensions: process, dynamics, identity and ritual. This structuring brings clarity in theoretical terms. It opens up ways for the development of measurement tools. In managerial terms, the highlighting of the perceived traditionality of a food product and the elaboration or consumer experience offers development opportunities to producers.

O churrasco gaúcho, para muitos, poderia ser caracterizado apenas como “carne assada sobre brasas”. Todavia, diversos achados dão conta de que, na verdade, este prato típico é constituído por diversos outros elementos e símbolos, que o tornam uma atividade repleta de significados especiais. Desta forma, esta dissertação, através da óptica da experiência de consumo, objetiva explorar, de forma qualitativa, os elementos e dimensões que compõem a experiência de consumo do churrasco para os habitantes da cidade de Porto Alegre. Recomendada por diversos autores para ocasiões nas quais estão presentes aspectos experienciais, a Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) é aqui utilizada como inspiração para a confecção dos roteiros utilizados nas entrevistas em profundidade para a coleta de dados. Uma vez que o alimento objeto deste estudo pode ser degustado em uma ampla gama de ambientes e situações, é adotado aqui, tão somente, aquele churrasco consumido em casa ou na casa de amigos e/ou familiares, excluindo, portanto, locais de churrascos em churrascarias, restaurantes e quaisquer estabelecimentos comerciais. Os resultados obtidos apontam as principais características desta experiência de consumo, relativas aos seus contextos, estímulos sensoriais, processos cognitivos, respostas afetivas, atividades e avaliações, além de metáforas que os participantes apresentaram, mesmo que inconscientemente, através das imagens que trouxeram para as entrevistas. Dentre as principais características da experiência, ressaltam-se a importância da presença de amigos, a capacidade de aproximar o consumidor da tradição e cultura gaúchas, e o sentimento de alegria propiciado por ela. / Rio Grande do Sul‟s barbecue, for most, could be characterized just as “meat toasted over cinder”. However, many findings point that, in truth, this typical meal is composed by many other elements and symbols, that make it an activity filled with special meanings. That said, this dissertation, through the experiential consumption optic, intends to explore, in a qualitative approach, the elements and dimensions that compose the barbecue‟s consumption experience for the habitants of the city of Porto Alegre. Recommended by many authors for occasions in which experiential aspects are present, the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) is here used as an inspiration for the elaboration of the depth-interviews scripts used in the gathering of data. Once the food object for this study can be tasted in many different fashions, only the situations where the barbecue is consumed at home or by friend‟s or family are here adopted, excluding, therefore, barbecue places such as “churrascarias”, restaurants and any other commercial establishments. The obtained results point the main characteristics for this consumption experience, concerning its contexts, sensorial stimuli, cognitive processes, affective answers, activities and evaluation, besides metaphors elucidated by the interviewees, even unconsciously, through the images they brought to the interviews. Among the experience‟s properties, stand out the importance of friends presence, the hability to bring the consumer near to the local tradition and culture, and the sensation of joy propitiated by it.

O churrasco gaúcho, para muitos, poderia ser caracterizado apenas como “carne assada sobre brasas”. Todavia, diversos achados dão conta de que, na verdade, este prato típico é constituído por diversos outros elementos e símbolos, que o tornam uma atividade repleta de significados especiais. Desta forma, esta dissertação, através da óptica da experiência de consumo, objetiva explorar, de forma qualitativa, os elementos e dimensões que compõem a experiência de consumo do churrasco para os habitantes da cidade de Porto Alegre. Recomendada por diversos autores para ocasiões nas quais estão presentes aspectos experienciais, a Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) é aqui utilizada como inspiração para a confecção dos roteiros utilizados nas entrevistas em profundidade para a coleta de dados. Uma vez que o alimento objeto deste estudo pode ser degustado em uma ampla gama de ambientes e situações, é adotado aqui, tão somente, aquele churrasco consumido em casa ou na casa de amigos e/ou familiares, excluindo, portanto, locais de churrascos em churrascarias, restaurantes e quaisquer estabelecimentos comerciais. Os resultados obtidos apontam as principais características desta experiência de consumo, relativas aos seus contextos, estímulos sensoriais, processos cognitivos, respostas afetivas, atividades e avaliações, além de metáforas que os participantes apresentaram, mesmo que inconscientemente, através das imagens que trouxeram para as entrevistas. Dentre as principais características da experiência, ressaltam-se a importância da presença de amigos, a capacidade de aproximar o consumidor da tradição e cultura gaúchas, e o sentimento de alegria propiciado por ela. / Rio Grande do Sul‟s barbecue, for most, could be characterized just as “meat toasted over cinder”. However, many findings point that, in truth, this typical meal is composed by many other elements and symbols, that make it an activity filled with special meanings. That said, this dissertation, through the experiential consumption optic, intends to explore, in a qualitative approach, the elements and dimensions that compose the barbecue‟s consumption experience for the habitants of the city of Porto Alegre. Recommended by many authors for occasions in which experiential aspects are present, the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) is here used as an inspiration for the elaboration of the depth-interviews scripts used in the gathering of data. Once the food object for this study can be tasted in many different fashions, only the situations where the barbecue is consumed at home or by friend‟s or family are here adopted, excluding, therefore, barbecue places such as “churrascarias”, restaurants and any other commercial establishments. The obtained results point the main characteristics for this consumption experience, concerning its contexts, sensorial stimuli, cognitive processes, affective answers, activities and evaluation, besides metaphors elucidated by the interviewees, even unconsciously, through the images they brought to the interviews. Among the experience‟s properties, stand out the importance of friends presence, the hability to bring the consumer near to the local tradition and culture, and the sensation of joy propitiated by it.

O churrasco gaúcho, para muitos, poderia ser caracterizado apenas como “carne assada sobre brasas”. Todavia, diversos achados dão conta de que, na verdade, este prato típico é constituído por diversos outros elementos e símbolos, que o tornam uma atividade repleta de significados especiais. Desta forma, esta dissertação, através da óptica da experiência de consumo, objetiva explorar, de forma qualitativa, os elementos e dimensões que compõem a experiência de consumo do churrasco para os habitantes da cidade de Porto Alegre. Recomendada por diversos autores para ocasiões nas quais estão presentes aspectos experienciais, a Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) é aqui utilizada como inspiração para a confecção dos roteiros utilizados nas entrevistas em profundidade para a coleta de dados. Uma vez que o alimento objeto deste estudo pode ser degustado em uma ampla gama de ambientes e situações, é adotado aqui, tão somente, aquele churrasco consumido em casa ou na casa de amigos e/ou familiares, excluindo, portanto, locais de churrascos em churrascarias, restaurantes e quaisquer estabelecimentos comerciais. Os resultados obtidos apontam as principais características desta experiência de consumo, relativas aos seus contextos, estímulos sensoriais, processos cognitivos, respostas afetivas, atividades e avaliações, além de metáforas que os participantes apresentaram, mesmo que inconscientemente, através das imagens que trouxeram para as entrevistas. Dentre as principais características da experiência, ressaltam-se a importância da presença de amigos, a capacidade de aproximar o consumidor da tradição e cultura gaúchas, e o sentimento de alegria propiciado por ela. / Rio Grande do Sul‟s barbecue, for most, could be characterized just as “meat toasted over cinder”. However, many findings point that, in truth, this typical meal is composed by many other elements and symbols, that make it an activity filled with special meanings. That said, this dissertation, through the experiential consumption optic, intends to explore, in a qualitative approach, the elements and dimensions that compose the barbecue‟s consumption experience for the habitants of the city of Porto Alegre. Recommended by many authors for occasions in which experiential aspects are present, the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) is here used as an inspiration for the elaboration of the depth-interviews scripts used in the gathering of data. Once the food object for this study can be tasted in many different fashions, only the situations where the barbecue is consumed at home or by friend‟s or family are here adopted, excluding, therefore, barbecue places such as “churrascarias”, restaurants and any other commercial establishments. The obtained results point the main characteristics for this consumption experience, concerning its contexts, sensorial stimuli, cognitive processes, affective answers, activities and evaluation, besides metaphors elucidated by the interviewees, even unconsciously, through the images they brought to the interviews. Among the experience‟s properties, stand out the importance of friends presence, the hability to bring the consumer near to the local tradition and culture, and the sensation of joy propitiated by it.

This paper explores the value of using metaphor based marketing research methods (most notably Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique) in the development and green-lighting processes of filmmaking. A review of literature reveals that even large blockbuster films lack any marketing research employed in the developmental stage. Audiences are extremely difficult to analyze when considering something as abstract and subjective as what makes a “good” film. Metaphor based marketing research methods (e.g. ZMET) offer a solution by examining the minds of consumers through language markers called metaphors. Using a metaphor based marketing technique early in a film’s development process may help to predict the success of a film as well as help to inform other marketing promotions for the film. The purpose of this study is to show how using an adaptation of ZMET will help film developers better predict the market potential for a project before the green-lighting phase.