@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/16890,
	  title     = {An Exploration of Brand Storytelling in a Video Sharing Social Network},
	  author    = {Charmaine du Plessis},
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	  abstract     = {The brand storytelling themes and emotional appeals of three major global brands were analysed by means of visual rhetoric in a digital environment focusing on the ethos communication technique. A well-known framework of five basic brand personality dimensions was used to delineate the analysis. Brand storytelling as a branding technique is becoming increasingly popular, especially since all brands can tell a story to connect and engage with consumers on an emotional level. Social media have changed the way in which brand stories are shared with online consumers, while social video networking sites in particular create an opportunity to share brand stories with a much greater target audience through electronic word of mouth (eWOM). The findings not only confirm three dimensions in the traditional brand personality framework, but can also serve as a heuristic tool for other researchers analyzing brand storytelling in a social video sharing network environment.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences},
	  volume    = {7},
	  number    = {9},
	  year      = {2013},
	  pages     = {2633 - 2637},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/16890},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/81},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 81, 2013},
	}