This study examines the divergence between hotel brand naming trends in Bali compared to consumer perception of star rating, price range, and quality based on brand names. When 224 star hotels were categorized based on decade built, apparent trends in choice of name emerged. The use of native...

This article examines the use of verbal connotation and visual symbolism in the televised advertising campaign of True Match by L'Oréal (2013). It analyzes a series of three 30-second commercials of the same product using two qualitative approaches: Barthes' connotation and Pierce's symbolism....