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One language, different peoples

Research across multi-cultural markets has shown that finding a single communication platform for all countries sometimes proves difficult to achieve. Even if the same language is spoken, a communication's message and the perceptions created by said...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Research Conference 2004

Author: Ayobamidele Gnädig

November 28, 2004

Signs and wonders

The success of semiotics as a research methodology has led to the absorption of some of its key methods into mainstream research (e.g. communication decoding, identifying emergent culture). If it is to have a future, semiotics must consider the role...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Research Conference 2004

Author: Alex Gordon

November 28, 2004

Smashing the mould of qualitative research

Buyers and practitioners the world over are calling for innovation in qualitative research and yet there are definite expectations governing how qualitative research should be conducted.The authors outline the framework or mould that current...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Research Conference 2004

Authors: Jem Wallis, Neil Brooks-Jones

November 28, 2004

Targeting the kaleidoscope

In 2003 COI commissioned a comprehensive, in-depth study of media use and attitudes to advertising among Britain's ethnic minority communities.This research was groundbreaking in a number of ways and is the largest project of its kind conducted in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Research Conference 2004

Authors: David Foxon, Philly Desai

November 28, 2004

The end of anonymity as we know it

This paper initiates a discussion about respondent anonymity.Both from the side of the consumer as well as from the client, there are reasons to give the removal of anonymity from respondents some second thoughts. Anonymity is not equal to privacy...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Research Conference 2004

Author: Rob J.F. Does

November 28, 2004

Beyond form and features

In today's fast changing mobile handset market, do consumers pay attention to brand? How easily will consumers give up their current handsets to adopt newer models?The authors analyze consumer preference data to uncover how brand impacts consumer...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Telecommunications Marketing Conference 2004

Authors: Leslie Rimmer, Tom Adler, Nelson Whipple

November 7, 2004

The convergence of mobility and media

Mobile Media is considered one of the key drivers for the future success of the telecom industry. Ericsson ConsumerLab and SKIM Analytical durables&ict have conducted a global study in order to add the consumer dimension in the design of Mobile...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Telecommunications Marketing Conference 2004

Authors: Jürgen Warnecke, Jonas Selen, Susanna Lewis

Company: SKIM

November 7, 2004

Toys, totems and telegraph poles

The mobile telecoms marketplace is relatively new, very large and considered of major importance to economies across the world. However, marketing and sensitive research have not yet been embraced by mobile handset manufacturers, who continue to seek...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Telecommunications Marketing Conference 2004

Author: Neil McPhee

November 7, 2004

GSM

This paper covers three countries in Africa: two in West Africa (Nigeria and Ghana) and one in Central Africa (Cameroon). The paper will focus on Nigeria which is Africa's fastest growing mobile and fixed line market. However, reference will also be...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Telecommunications Marketing Conference 2004

Author: Aggrey Maposa

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

November 7, 2004