Power, Packaging and Preferences: How Children Interpret Marketing on Packaged Food and Its Implications for Communication Scholarship

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dc.contributor.advisorElliott, Charlene
dc.contributor.authorMcAlorum, Courtney Alexa
dc.contributor.committeememberStowe, Lisa
dc.contributor.committeememberShepherd, Tamara
dc.date2020-11
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-14T22:22:14Z
dc.date.available2020-09-14T22:22:14Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-11
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores how children interpret the marketing of child-targeted packaged food and negotiate these interpretations among peers with a specific emphasis on infused character licensing. Infused character licensing food describes instances where the processed food hinges on entertainment content via the use of shape(s). By asking children their opinions on packaged food, this thesis also examines what makes value and meaning for children. Semi-structured focus groups were conducted with 27 participants between 8- to 12-years-old, and focus group data was approached using paratextual theory. Study results indicate that using promotional characters on packaged food, especially through infused character licensing, is a polarizing marketing approach for children because its effectiveness tends to rest on their assigned value of the specific cartoon under discussion. In conclusion, the outcomes of this thesis divulge that child-targeted packaged food promotes food to children through both the text itself and the paratexts that surround it.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMcAlorum, C. A. (2020). Power, Packaging and Preferences: How Children Interpret Marketing on Packaged Food and Its Implications for Communication Scholarship (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38192
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/112527
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectFood Packagingen_US
dc.subjectFood Marketingen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectLicensed Media Characteren_US
dc.subjectBrand Equity Characteren_US
dc.subjectGeneric Characteren_US
dc.subjectPoweren_US
dc.subjectExposureen_US
dc.subjectParatextual Theoryen_US
dc.subjectChildhood Obesityen_US
dc.subject.classificationMass Communicationsen_US
dc.subject.classificationPublic Healthen_US
dc.titlePower, Packaging and Preferences: How Children Interpret Marketing on Packaged Food and Its Implications for Communication Scholarshipen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication and Media Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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