Anti-branding is a growing social movement as well as a communication strategy that criticize companies through redefining their brands and immaterial values by connecting negative associations to them. Although Anti-Branding is growing, research in the topic is scarce. Through a qualitative case study,based on three (3) Anti-Branding actions, a multimodal analysis and six (6) semi-structured interviews has been made to contribute research to the topic by examining how an organization can use Anti-Branding against a company to create change. The study show that various anti-branding actions in a multifaceted campaign is an efficient tool to create attention, awareness and involvement that lead to change. By utilizing the participatory culture of the this digital age organizations can use anti-branding efficiently by interacting with its publics to engage them to be co-creators of the anti-branding message and to be a part of the social movement and its culture.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-46744 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Lövbacka, Hannes |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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