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Nekromarketingowe strategie pozycjonowania produktów informacyjnych w serwisach internetowych
Necromarketing Strategies of Positioning Information Products – The Example of Polish Online Information Servics

Author(s): Marcin Laberschek
Subject(s): Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: necromarketing; information; information products; information services; information online

Summary/Abstract: Through the selection of human death incidents and the appropriate title design, Internet portals make information available to readers in a unique way. This article presents how the most popular Polish online information services (onet.pl, gazeta.pl, wp.pl and interia.pl), using necromarketing practices for positioning information products. Research provided in this paper shows that the most intensified activities in necromarketing scope are conducted by interia.pl. It concerns both the intensity of sharing such headlines on the home page and the most expressive composition of them. The activities of this portal Author called as the strategy of necromarketing offensive. The other three websites implement a strategy of necromarketing mimeticism – similar to the competition for the presentation of death related topics.

  • Issue Year: 5/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 35-60
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish