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                                                                                    <journal-title>Galatasaray Üniversitesi İletişim Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">1305-2411</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2548-124X</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Galatasaray University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.16878/gsuilet.1669356</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Communication Studies</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>İletişim Çalışmaları</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Le femvertising comme outil d&#039;activisme de marque : une analyse du film Barbie</trans-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Bir Marka Aktivizmi Aracı Olarak Femvertising: Barbie Filmi Üzerine Bir Analiz</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Femvertising as a Brand Activism Tool: An Analysis of the Film Barbie</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5329-5469</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Yılmaz Sert</surname>
                                    <given-names>Nuray</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4632-7987</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çevik Ergin</surname>
                                    <given-names>Tuba</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ HALKLA İLİŞKİLER VE REKLAMCILIK BLM.</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7243-7928</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Yılmaz</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ebru</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Gölpazarı Meslek Yüksekokulu, Pazarlama Ve Reklamcılık</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4655-8566</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kopuz</surname>
                                    <given-names>Semih</given-names>
                                </name>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20251225">
                    <day>12</day>
                    <month>25</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <issue>43</issue>
                                        <fpage>191</fpage>
                                        <lpage>214</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250403">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>03</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20251212">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>12</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2004, Galatasaray University Journal of Communication</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2004</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Galatasaray University Journal of Communication</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="fr">
                            <p>Le femvertising est une approche publicitaire qui s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’activisme de marque et qui intègre des perspectives féministes dans les processus marketing. Ces stratégies mettent en avant non seulement des enjeux sociaux tels que l’égalité des sexes et les droits des femmes, mais elles s’articulent également avec les objectifs commerciaux des marques. L’objectif de cette étude est d’examiner la manière dont les stratégies publicitaires féministes, connues sous le nom de « femvertising », sont intégrées dans le film Barbie dans une logique d’activisme de marque, et de les analyser à la lumière de la littérature existante. Le nombre limité de recherches sur la représentation du femvertising dans les récits cinématographiques confère à cette étude une contribution pertinente à la littérature. Les résultats montrent que le femvertising n’est pas seulement un outil marketing, mais aussi une stratégie puissante capable de mettre les questions sociales à l’agenda et de favoriser un potentiel changement, tout en soulignant la nécessité d’évaluations critiques. Pour cette recherche, une analyse descriptive – l’une des méthodes de recherche qualitative – a été mobilisée, et les données recueillies ont été interprétées selon des thèmes prédéfinis.</p></trans-abstract>
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                            <p>Femvertising, marka aktivizmi bağlamında konumlanan ve feminizmi pazarlama süreçlerine entegre eden bir reklamcılık yaklaşımıdır. Bu tür stratejiler, toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği ve kadın hakları gibi sosyal meseleleri gündeme taşırken, aynı zamanda markaların ticari kaygılarıyla da kesişmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, femvertising olarak bilinen feminist reklamcılık stratejilerinin marka aktivizmi çerçevesinde uygulamasını Barbie filmi üzerinden inceleyerek literatürdeki bilgiler ışığında analiz etmektir. Femvertising’in sinema anlatılarındaki temsiline dair çalışmaların sınırlılığı, bu araştırmayı özgün kılmakta ve bu bağlamda literatüre katkı sağlamaktadır.  Araştırma, femvertisingin yalnızca bir pazarlama aracı olmanın ötesinde, toplumsal meseleleri gündeme getiren ve bu konularda değişim yaratma potansiyeline sahip güçlü bir strateji olduğunu ortaya koymakta ancak eleştirel değerlendirmelere de ihtiyaç duyulduğunun altını çizmektedir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden betimsel analiz kullanılmış, elde edilen veriler önceden belirlenen temalara göre yorumlanmıştır.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Femvertising is an advertising approach positioned within the context of brand activism and one that integrates feminism into marketing processes. Such strategies not only bring social issues such as gender equality and women’s rights to the forefront but also intersect with the commercial concerns of brands. The aim of this study is to examine how feminist advertising strategies, known as femvertising, are integrated into the film Barbie within the framework of brand activism and to analyze them considering the existing literature. The limited number of studies on the representation of femvertising in cinematic narratives makes this research significant and contributes to the literature in this context. The study demonstrates that femvertising is not merely a marketing tool but a powerful strategy that brings social issues onto the agenda and has the potential to foster change in these areas, while also underlining the need for critical evaluations. In the research, descriptive analysis, one of the qualitative research methods, was employed, and the data obtained were interpreted according to predetermined themes.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Advertising</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Activism</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Brand activism</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Femvertising</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Barbie</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Reklam</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Aktivizm</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Marka aktivizmi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Femvertising</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Barbie</kwd>
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                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">This study received no financial support from any institution, organization, or funding agency.</named-content>
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