Brand Mascots : And Other Marketing Animals.
Tony the Tiger. The Pillsbury Doughboy. The Michelin Man. The Playboy bunny. The list of brand mascots, spokes-characters, totems and logos goes on and on and on. Mascots are one of the most widespread modes of marketing communication and one of the longest established. Yet, despite their ubiquity a...
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface: Putting the ark into marketing; 1 Mascot mania: Monkeys, meerkats, Martians and more; SECTION I Man; 2 Objectification and anthropomorphism of the self: Self as brand, self as avatar; 3 'What are you looking at, ya hockey puck?!': Anthropomorphizing brand relationships in the Toy Story trilogy; 4 Cross domain perceptual realities and Mickey Mouse; 5 Morris the Cat or the Wolf-Man on the Upper West Side: Animal metaphors and me; SECTION II Beast; 6 Feline fetish and marketplace animism
- 7 Boudoirs, cowdillacs and rotolactors: A salutary tale of Elsie the brand mascot8 Peppa piggy in the middle of marketers and mashup makers: A netnography of absurd animation on YouTube; 9 Anthropomorphic brand presenters: The appeal of Frank the Sheep; SECTION III Wild; 10 Spokes-characters: Assurance, insurance and advice for marketers; 11 Schmoozy Fox: Standing out from the pack; 12 Only you can prevent brand burnout: Cultural branding and the case of Smokey Bear; 13 Shooting the elephant: Mascots and me; SECTION IV Crazy
- 14 Anthropogenic anthropopathous anthropomorphic USPTO trademarks: The Plant People Phenomenon model of anthropomorphism15 He who must not be named: An exploratory study of demonic narratives in contemporary brands; 16 The smiling faces of capital and the 3 vortices of Hell; 17 Coats of arms: The role of animal emblems in contemporary luxury and fashion industry; Conclusion; 18 The Cosmic Serpent surrounds us: Future directions in mascot marketing; Index