Visual Rhetorical Figures in Canadian Advertising: Differences between Anglophone and Francophone Consumer Magazines
Published: 2016
Author(s) Name: Erhard Lick |
Author(s) Affiliation: Professor, Marketing and Communication, ESCE International Business School, Paris, France
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Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to explore whether visual rhetorical figures are used differently when addressing Anglophone and
Francophone target groups in Canada. For the empirical analysis I applied the method of content analysis to a corpus of advertisements drawn from two Canadian womens magazines, the Anglophone magazine Chatelaine and the Francophone magazine Châtelaine. As analytical
construct I used the typology of visual rhetorical figures developed by Phillips and McQuarrie (2004). The results reveal that French Canadian advertisements appear to apply significantly more visual rhetorical figures than English Canadian advertisements. Practical implications for marketers are given and avenues for further research are proposed.
Keywords: Marketing Communications, Cross-Cultural Marketing, Visual Rhetorical Figures, Cognitive Processes, Mass Media and Canada
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