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Brand Storytelling: A Review of the Interdisciplinary Literature

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The power of digital technologies and social media has transformed the way brands talk to their customers. Contemporary marketing is less about the products we make and the services we offer, but more about the experiences brands create, giving customers numerous stories to tell. This chapter presents a critical review of the interdisciplinary theories of storytelling drawing on narrative philosophy, consumer psychology, research in branding and tourism. While covering the essential elements of a story, it also highlights the shift from predictable bowling to pinball wizardry due to the rapid advancement of digital technology and proliferation of social media in all aspects of our lives. The chapter also draws on the neuroscience’s perspective of how the brain responses to storytelling and reviews different approaches to brand research with associated brand storytelling.

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Moin, S.M.A. (2020). Brand Storytelling: A Review of the Interdisciplinary Literature. In: Brand Storytelling in the Digital Age. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59085-7_2

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