TY - JOUR
T1 - Communication on food, health and nutrition
T2 - A cross-cultural analysis of the Danonino brand and nutri-tainment
AU - Gram, Malene
AU - de la Ville, Inès Valérie
AU - Le Roux, André
AU - Boireau, Nathalie
AU - Rampnoux, Olivier
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The aim of this article is to explore how Danone intertwines the health discourse and the entertainment aspects when promoting their products to parents and children across cultures and in communicating to its global markets. In order to examine Danone's communication strategy in the various cultural contexts, the following will be analysed: who talks about health; how healthy eating is presented; and finally how playful and entertaining aspects of health are enacted in Danone's commercials. In the analysis, focus is on Danone's 'Danonino' brand, how the global market is approached and how it draws on the concept of 'nutri-tainment' (nutrition and entertainment). The sample consists of 175 commercials from six markets (France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Poland, Denmark) aired from 2001 to 2007. The analysis involves a quantitative exploration and clustering analysis of which themes appear in which markets. This differentiates four groups of advertisements: 'Utility'; 'Adventure'; 'Entertainment'; and 'Activity'. It is complemented by a qualitative analysis of typical traits in commercials drawing on an analysis of the person or character that appears to be empowered to talk about health, how healthy eating is communicated and finally what is emphasised as being 'healthy' in the various national contexts.
AB - The aim of this article is to explore how Danone intertwines the health discourse and the entertainment aspects when promoting their products to parents and children across cultures and in communicating to its global markets. In order to examine Danone's communication strategy in the various cultural contexts, the following will be analysed: who talks about health; how healthy eating is presented; and finally how playful and entertaining aspects of health are enacted in Danone's commercials. In the analysis, focus is on Danone's 'Danonino' brand, how the global market is approached and how it draws on the concept of 'nutri-tainment' (nutrition and entertainment). The sample consists of 175 commercials from six markets (France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Poland, Denmark) aired from 2001 to 2007. The analysis involves a quantitative exploration and clustering analysis of which themes appear in which markets. This differentiates four groups of advertisements: 'Utility'; 'Adventure'; 'Entertainment'; and 'Activity'. It is complemented by a qualitative analysis of typical traits in commercials drawing on an analysis of the person or character that appears to be empowered to talk about health, how healthy eating is communicated and finally what is emphasised as being 'healthy' in the various national contexts.
U2 - 10.1080/13527260903342803
DO - 10.1080/13527260903342803
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1352-7266
VL - 16
SP - 87
EP - 103
JO - Journal of Marketing Communications
JF - Journal of Marketing Communications
IS - 1/2
ER -