EXPLORING BRAND ASSOCIATIONS IN LOCAL SOCCER TEAM
Öz
Branding soccer teams and soccer team brand management are becoming important in recent days.
There are many soccer clubs with million-dollar brand values in the sports industry. Brand image can be defined
as association sets in the minds of consumers. In order to understand brand image, it is therefore necessary to
identify such association sets. This study set out to identify brand association sets for a local soccer team called
Eskişehirspor. Data was collected from 159 participants by utilizing a mind mapping survey and analyzing with
a social network analysis technique. In the first stage of analysis, each mind mapping survey was content
analyzed. The unit of analysis in the survey was each association filled in by the respondents. Associations
explored in the content analysis were accepted as nodes and connections between association were accepted as
ties for the network analysis. Fifteen brand associations were identified for Eskişehirspor. According to the
results, fan identification, club logo and colors, culture and values are the central brand associations. Findings
show that the prominence of attributed types of brand associations match Keller‟s categorization of types in this
context. This study presents an opportunity for others to evaluate the soccer teams in order to make an
assessment of Turkish football industry
Anahtar Kelimeler
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
25 Aralık 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
1 Aralık 2018
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 2
