Welcome to the first iteration of the eb™ Journal. At this stage, it contains over one thousand academic papers and other research that have been produced over several decades by over two thousand authors from around the world. The vast majority are selected because they use terms such as ethical brand and ethical branding to characterise settings and outcomes in many different techno-industrial consumption contexts that concern the social, economic and environmental well-being of humanity.
This paper investigates the impact of social network community commitment (SnCC) and brand community commitment (BCC) on usage of brand fan pages in social media, repurchase intention and Read More »
Brand crises endanger companies. Social media are a key platform where stakeholders elaborate and react to crises. This research explores whether social media audience and mass media audience react Read More »
The emergence of digital social networks as mass media has considerably increased the academic research interest in this area. The following is an exploratory ethnographic case study to trace the Read More »
Marketers are shifting advertising spend from offline to online. However, ignoring the offline advertising has its perils as creatives of offline advertisements are emotion laden. This research Read More »
User generated content (UGC) is an important diagnostic of consumer response. This study analyzes the impact of offline television advertising on UGC using a dynamic difference in difference Read More »