Dochakuka: Melding Global inside Local: Foreign-Domestic Advertising Assimilation in Japan

Japan's advertising industry has a long history of employing foreign actors. This article probes the proposition that over time this media exposure affects advertising industry's willingness to change and meld the presentation of foreign people in local contexts in ads. An empirical study...

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Main Authors: Martin, D., Woodside, Arch
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Haworth Press Inc 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22693
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description Japan's advertising industry has a long history of employing foreign actors. This article probes the proposition that over time this media exposure affects advertising industry's willingness to change and meld the presentation of foreign people in local contexts in ads. An empirical study supports the proposition that some level of foreign-domestic advertising assimilation-dynamic is occurring in Japan. The article reports a content analysis examining 102 television advertisements run during 1992 and 2002 that confirms the principle proposition. Changes in verbal and nonverbal communication modalities suggest that foreign-actor domestic assimilation is occurring. The article illustrates how advertisers go about showing foreigners in Japanese contexts to transform the old saw, “Think global, act local” into the more actionable dictum, “Meld global inside local.”
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-226932017-09-13T13:58:23Z Dochakuka: Melding Global inside Local: Foreign-Domestic Advertising Assimilation in Japan Martin, D. Woodside, Arch assimilation dynamics advertising Japan Dochakuka Japan's advertising industry has a long history of employing foreign actors. This article probes the proposition that over time this media exposure affects advertising industry's willingness to change and meld the presentation of foreign people in local contexts in ads. An empirical study supports the proposition that some level of foreign-domestic advertising assimilation-dynamic is occurring in Japan. The article reports a content analysis examining 102 television advertisements run during 1992 and 2002 that confirms the principle proposition. Changes in verbal and nonverbal communication modalities suggest that foreign-actor domestic assimilation is occurring. The article illustrates how advertisers go about showing foreigners in Japanese contexts to transform the old saw, “Think global, act local” into the more actionable dictum, “Meld global inside local.” 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22693 10.1300/J042v21n01_03 The Haworth Press Inc restricted
spellingShingle assimilation
dynamics
advertising
Japan
Dochakuka
Martin, D.
Woodside, Arch
Dochakuka: Melding Global inside Local: Foreign-Domestic Advertising Assimilation in Japan
title Dochakuka: Melding Global inside Local: Foreign-Domestic Advertising Assimilation in Japan
title_full Dochakuka: Melding Global inside Local: Foreign-Domestic Advertising Assimilation in Japan
title_fullStr Dochakuka: Melding Global inside Local: Foreign-Domestic Advertising Assimilation in Japan
title_full_unstemmed Dochakuka: Melding Global inside Local: Foreign-Domestic Advertising Assimilation in Japan
title_short Dochakuka: Melding Global inside Local: Foreign-Domestic Advertising Assimilation in Japan
title_sort dochakuka: melding global inside local: foreign-domestic advertising assimilation in japan
topic assimilation
dynamics
advertising
Japan
Dochakuka
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22693