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Ensuring Brand Activism In Integrated Marketing Communications Campaigns Resonates With Millennial Consumers, Anna Hermann
Ensuring Brand Activism In Integrated Marketing Communications Campaigns Resonates With Millennial Consumers, Anna Hermann
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The purpose of this thesis is to determine how consumers, specifically in the millennial generation, perceive brand activism. Additionally, the study will give recommendations to marketing and public relations professionals creating activist-minded marketing campaigns. As brand activism can be incredibly divisive and controversial, this research is essential in order to understand how best to resonate with, instead of alienate, millennial consumers. The aim of the thesis is to answer the following research questions: (1) How do millennial consumers perceive brands that engage in brand activism and (2) How can marketing and public relations professionals ensure brand activism resonates with millennial …