Title
The Brand-Cause Fit in the Advertising Campaign for Sprite’s #YouAreNotAlone
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
Several authors have determined concepts related to the inclusion of social problems in advertising. One of them is brand-cause fit, which refers to the condition in which a brand and a social problem—with which the target audience feels identified—are conceptually united in a single communication proposal. The purpose of this study was to analyze how university students perceive the brand-cause fit as a communication strategy in Sprite's “You Are Not Alone” campaign. A qualitative methodology was adopted and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 university students of which 12 belonged to the LGBT community and 12 were heterosexual. The participants positively perceived the brand-cause fit used as an advertising strategy in Sprite's campaign. Not only do they value the fact that brands include social issues and problems in their communication, but they also claim that it is the brands’ responsibility to do so.
Start page
631
End page
639
Volume
279
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sociología
Psicología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85127664455
Resource of which it is part
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
ISSN of the container
21903018
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus