An analysis of the relationship between the usage cartoon characters and brand and advertisement attitudes in luxury brand advertisements

Nowadays, to make the products and services to acquire luxurious quality the luxury itself should be branded. The capitalist structure with its increasingly growing activity since the Industrial Revolution has laid the groundwork for brands to turn into instruments that determine the dignity and reputation of individuals and therefore their statutes within the society. Due to the symbolic values loaded on luxury brands, the interest and desire towards luxury consumption is increasing day by day. Individuals try to express themselves by differentiating through luxury consumption. Luxury brands, which have marketing approaches peculiar to their own structures, are attracted by using famous figures in their advertisements, and the famous figure used in advertisement can sometimes be a cartoon character. In this study, which was prepared to investigate the relationship between the usage cartoon characters and attitudes towards brand and advertisement in luxury brand advertisements, first of all the literature survey on the concepts of brand, luxury, advertisement and cartoon have been done and these concepts have been investigated in a detailed way. Then, a survey study was conducted within the scope of the research, the obtained data were analyzed through the survey and the findings of the research were evaluated. As a result of the research, it was concluded that there is a significant relationship between the usage cartoon characters and attitudes towards brand and advertisement in luxury brand advertisements, and it also concluded that the attitude towards luxury displays differentness according to demographical features.