Abstract
The purpose of this multidisciplinary study is to investigate how municipalities position themselves in their slogans as unique places among competitors, namely other municipalities in their region or country. Empirically, discourse analysis was used to investigate the semantic features of municipal slogans in the context of place branding in Finland. The major findings demonstrate similarity in commonness rather than uniqueness: the slogans resembled each other thematically and did not distinctively differentiate places from one another. Academic research on slogans and their relation to linguistics and place branding is scarce. This study aims to narrow this gap. Nevertheless, further research is needed on slogans from different countries and languages. The study recommends that place managers should invest time and thought in the creation of slogans based on the factual attributes and values of the place as well as its strategies.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.56632/bct.2024.3101
- Journal
- Journal of Business, Communication and Technology, 3(1), 1-13
- Publisher
- Gulf College
- Open access
- Gold open access
Cite this article
APA 7
Hakala, U., Sjöblom, P., & Ainiala, T. (2024). Place Branding in Finland: A Discourse Analysis of Municipal Slogans. Journal of Business, Communication and Technology, 3(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.56632/bct.2024.3101
MLA 9
Hakala, Ulla, et al. "Place Branding in Finland: A Discourse Analysis of Municipal Slogans." Journal of Business, Communication and Technology, vol. 3, no. 1, 2024, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.56632/bct.2024.3101.
Chicago (author–date)
Hakala, Ulla, Paula Sjöblom, and Terhi Ainiala. 2024. "Place Branding in Finland: A Discourse Analysis of Municipal Slogans." Journal of Business, Communication and Technology 3 (1): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.56632/bct.2024.3101.
Harvard
Hakala, U., Sjöblom, P. and Ainiala, T. (2024) 'Place Branding in Finland: A Discourse Analysis of Municipal Slogans', Journal of Business, Communication and Technology, 3(1), pp. 1-13. doi:10.56632/bct.2024.3101.
Vancouver
Hakala U, Sjöblom P, Ainiala T. Place Branding in Finland: A Discourse Analysis of Municipal Slogans. Journal of Business, Communication and Technology. 2024;3(1):1-13. doi:10.56632/bct.2024.3101
IEEE
U. Hakala, P. Sjöblom, and T. Ainiala, "Place Branding in Finland: A Discourse Analysis of Municipal Slogans," Journal of Business, Communication and Technology, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-13, 2024, doi: 10.56632/bct.2024.3101.