Abstract

The emotional potential of sound is an excellent resource for companies and institutions seeking to test new ways of communicating with their stakeholders through the senses. However, there are still few organizations that include sound as a conveyer of their corporate identity. Audio branding aims to expand the contact points with audiences by incorporating sound elements that facilitate the recognition of the brand's values. This research attempts to understand the use that corporations make of sound as a communication tool and to evaluate its presence, but above all it wants to find out if this use is due to a strategic approach or if it is a specific decision marked by the temporality of advertising campaigns. For this reason, in this paper we have taken the radio as an advertising media. On the one hand, because it is the sound media par excellence. On the other hand, because it is where we can find the most well-known modes of audio branding such as the brand song, the jingle or the sonotype. The sample, composed of 239 inserts from the 3 generalist radio channels with the highest audiences in Spain, reveals that only 21% of items contain an element of audio branding, indicating that this is a field yet to be explored by organizations.
Translated title of the contributionIdentitat sonora i elements del brànding sonor a la publicitat radiofònica espanyola
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)0103-119
Number of pages17
JournalAnàlisi
Volume65
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Journalism
  • Advertising
  • Public Relations
  • Audiovisual Communication
  • Internet
  • Multimedia
  • Radio advertising
  • Brànding sonor
  • Comunicació corporativa
  • Estratègia
  • Marca sonora
  • Publicitat radiofònica
  • Audiobranding
  • Comunicación corporativa
  • Estrategia
  • Marca sonora
  • Publicidad radiofónica

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