Beyond product placement
In South Africa, advergaming currently does not reach a mass audience because of the low number of Internet users and the high cost of Internet access. However, as a brand communication tool, advergaming has the potential to be used as a viral marketing tactic. The article analyses the potential of...
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University of Johannesburg
2022-10-01
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In South Africa, advergaming currently does not reach a mass audience because of the low
number of Internet users and the high cost of Internet access. However, as a brand communication
tool, advergaming has the potential to be used as a viral marketing tactic. The article analyses
the potential of the mobile environment as a catalyst for enabling the use of advergaming as a
viral marketing tool in South Africa and proposes a theoretical model derived from an analysis of
existing literature and observation, for operationalising mobile advergaming.
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| spelling | doaj-art-12cf0f31d3ca429b858f7fa5165f06b72025-08-20T02:41:48ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-10-0130110.36615/jcsa.v30i1.1665Beyond product placementBianca Wright0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-7895Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University In South Africa, advergaming currently does not reach a mass audience because of the low number of Internet users and the high cost of Internet access. However, as a brand communication tool, advergaming has the potential to be used as a viral marketing tactic. The article analyses the potential of the mobile environment as a catalyst for enabling the use of advergaming as a viral marketing tool in South Africa and proposes a theoretical model derived from an analysis of existing literature and observation, for operationalising mobile advergaming. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1665South Africaadvergamingviral marketing toolInternetbrand communication toolliterature and observation |
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| title | Beyond product placement |
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