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Foundations of Strategic Communication - Section 1: Lesson 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Paid Media | Part of the PESO Framework. Any media placement that requires payment for delivering a brand's message. |
| Earned Media | Part of the PESO Framework. Free publicity gained through media coverage or public recognition without payment. |
| Shared Media | Part of the PESO Framework. Content shared by audiences, primarily on social media platforms, resulting in peer-to-peer distribution. |
| Owned Media | Part of the PESO Framework. Content and platforms fully controlled by the brand, often considered proprietary assets. |
| Primary Messages | It is the core, overarching idea a brand communicates. It is simple, clear, and memorable, often expressed through a slogan or tagline to convey the brand's main position or focus. |
| Supporting (Secondary) Messages | Provides evidence, facts, statistics, and examples that reinforce and add credibility to the primary message. They offer relevant details without overshadowing the main idea. |
| Foundational Messages | Provides facts, reasoning, or emotional appeals to persuade the audience and often include a call to action for engagement or response. |
| Informational Messages | The most common form of messaging, using verbal and written media. Includes traditional channels like print, digital, TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, and direct mail. |
| Symbolic Messages | Communicated through audio-visual elements that are not strictly informational. Includes logos, colors, signage, audio signatures, and branding visuals. |
| Actions | Brand actions can communicate strong messages, often louder than words, such as politically charged actions taken by corporations. |
| Experiential Messages | Messages delivered through personal experiences with the brand. Includes product use, customer service interactions, or experiences in physical stores (e.g., Apple Store, Starbucks). |
| Second-Hand Messages | Messages unintentionally received by individuals outside the target audience. Common in today’s 24-hour news cycle and can spread beyond the intended reach. |
| Unintended Messages | Occur when messages are misinterpreted due to unclear language, poor context, or inappropriate tone. Can also happen when a non-target audience misinterprets the message negatively, potentially harming the brand. |
| Vision Statements | Articulates the organization's long-term goals and aspirational impact on the world. |
| Mission Statements | Guides decision-making and inspires employees. |
| Value Statements | Reflects the organization’s core principles that guide actions and decision-making. |
| Initial Exposure Phase | The audience quickly decides whether to engage with a message. Key factors influencing attention: Relevance, Attitude, News Value, and Perception. |
| Authenticity Assessment Phase | The audience evaluates the truthfulness and credibility of the message. A message must align with existing beliefs or introduce new ideas without causing excessive dissonance to be persuasive. |
| Change Effect Phase | The message needs to pass the "so what?" test by influencing: attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors. |
| Action Phase | The final persuasion phase where the goal is to motivate action based on the message. |
| Demographic | General audience characteristics that are easily measurable (e.g., age, gender, income, education, marital status, race). |
| Geographic | Focuses on where the audience lives and how location influences perspectives. |
| Psychographic | Explores lifestyles, values, beliefs, interests, aspirations, cultural associations, self-image, and generational identity. |
| Behavioristic | Focuses on buying motivations, styles, media preferences, and loyalty behaviors. |
| Primary Research | Custom, proprietary research conducted for a specific organization or audience (e.g. surveys, interviews, focus groups. etc.). |
| Secondary Research | Uses existing data from external sources (e.g., news articles, academic papers, trade reports, etc.). |
| Tertiary Research | Involves summarizing or analyzing already aggregated and segmented data. |
| Qualitative Research | Exploratory or Problem-Finding. Takes more time to collect information because it Focuses on opinions, feelings, and attitudes. |
| Quantitative Research | Problem-refining. Quicker collection process because it focuses on numbers and measurable data. |
| SWOT Analysis | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats assess the internal and external factors that influence communication efforts. |
| PESO Framework | Stand for Paid Media, Earned Media, Shared Media, and Owned Media. |