{"title":"A Consumer Vulnerability Perspective on State-Sponsored Propaganda","authors":"Shawn Enriques, Mark Peterson","doi":"10.1177/02761467241256578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467241256578","url":null,"abstract":"As technology and interconnectivity increase globally, the opportunity to wage irregular warfare (competition) has become low-cost-low-risk, simple to wage, challenging to detect, and more difficult to deter and defend. Propaganda is the most common method of covert or overt influence operations used by state actors today and often employs the same technologies, channels, and market communication techniques that firms use in more benign pursuits. We propose a framework based on Consumer Vulnerability Theory to explain the effects of state-sponsored propaganda on citizens’ propensity to become vulnerable consumers by manipulating beliefs about the availability and control of government-provided resources. Vulnerability leads citizens to employ coping strategies that help achieve the propagandist’s goals. This perspective may inform policy and public education campaigns to deter and attenuate the harmful effects of state-sponsored propaganda on citizens. Research on moderators and mediators that reduce influence now become more salient.","PeriodicalId":47896,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Macromarketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141346092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AI is Changing the World: For Better or for Worse?","authors":"Dhruv Grewal, Abhijit Guha, Marc Becker","doi":"10.1177/02761467241254450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467241254450","url":null,"abstract":"The profound impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to evolve over the next several decades, and many of these impacts will emerge through marketing-related AI applications. Therefore, marketers, public policymakers, firms, researchers, and individual consumers must recognize and understand the benefits that AI offers, as well as the perils that it presents, both now and in the future. A literature review surfaced three themes – that AI will augment and (potentially) replace human intelligence, that AI will evolve into an empathetic and trusted companion, and that AI will create novel tensions. Next, this article outlines three stages of AI development, from an early stage with much promise, to a stage with many benefits, to a stage wherein AI-related tensions emerge. Finally, this article outlines three grand challenges: (1) preserving and growing human capability, (2) protecting societal belonging and human connection, and (3) ensuring equitable sharing of AI benefits. Addressing such challenges, along with related concerns (e.g., privacy, ethics), can enable society to reap the benefits of AI fruitfully and in an equitable manner that truly improves the quality of life.","PeriodicalId":47896,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Macromarketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141112009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emre Ulusoy, Handan Vicdan, A. Ekici, Jack S. Tillotson, Soonkwan Hong, Laetitia Mimoun
{"title":"Participatory Food Provisioning via Emerging Technologies: Revisiting Prosumption and Value Creation Beyond the Anthropocene","authors":"Emre Ulusoy, Handan Vicdan, A. Ekici, Jack S. Tillotson, Soonkwan Hong, Laetitia Mimoun","doi":"10.1177/02761467241253992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467241253992","url":null,"abstract":"This commentary offers a timely exploration of participatory food provisioning via emerging food technologies. Through an in-depth analysis of case studies of these technologies, we elucidate the changing nature of prosumption in orchestrating food market provisioning. Our investigation highlights a shift toward a non-anthropocentric vision of market provisioning, where value creation transcends human-centered paradigms to include alliances between humans, technology, and nature. By articulating the nuanced dynamics and outcomes of these alliances in the food market, we propose a reimagined perspective on value creation, urging macromarketing scholars to consider the broader implications of technology-driven, participatory food systems. Ultimately, we emphasize the necessity of integrating human and non-human stakeholders in the discourse on value creation, and challenge conventional notions of control, democratization, and sociality within prevailing food-provisioning systems.","PeriodicalId":47896,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Macromarketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141117896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Nexus of Knowledge, Action, and Values, and the Philosophical, Social, and Normative Foundations of Marketing","authors":"Michaela Haase","doi":"10.1177/02761467241256027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467241256027","url":null,"abstract":"Pressing global problems place demands on scientific communities in terms of responsibility and accountability that require a discipline to make use of its capacity to act and the policies that can be developed on the basis of scientific knowledge. With a particular focus on values, the paper examines four areas or dimensions that determine the scope for action in the scientific context and thus influence the way in which scientific communities can assume responsibility. The analysis is based on a model rooted in the values-in-science literature, which specifies steering, doing, using, and managing science as the main scientific processes in which values can relate to science. Using the example of the intra-disciplinary division between macromarketing and micromarketing, the paper compares scientific processes in a world given by the nexus of knowledge, action, and values with a world in which values are primarily seen as a threat to science. Against this background, the preconditions for a proper positioning of the marketing discipline and marketing policy are explained.","PeriodicalId":47896,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Macromarketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140967599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aging in the Digital Age: Public Beliefs About the Potential of Virtual Reality (VR) for the Aging Population","authors":"Ali B. Mahmoud","doi":"10.1177/02761467241253286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467241253286","url":null,"abstract":"This paper responds to the scholarly call for investigating the role of technology consumption in promoting healthy aging—it aims to identify the public's beliefs about the potential of virtual reality technology (VR) for the well-being of older adults. The study utilized a big-data methodology and employed machine learning to scrape comments made by social media users on the most popular YouTube videos that discuss older people's use of VR technology. After the data cleaning process, the study was left with 1,917 comments out of 3,952 that were then subject to analysis through thematic, emotion, and sentiment analyses. The findings revealed three themes of the public beliefs: 1) empowerment through technology, generational adaptability, and learning; 2) social and ethical implications of VR for healthy aging; and 3) cognitive and physical engagement. The emotion and sentiment analyses indicated that the general public has a predominantly positive perception of the application of virtual reality technology for older people. In summary, the synthesis of the results from the three analyses suggested that VR has the potential to empower seniors and promote mental and physical activity while also highlighting the importance of maintaining genuine connections and ethical standards.","PeriodicalId":47896,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Macromarketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140973970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Renata Peregrino de Brito, Marcelo Martins de Sá, Nathalia Machado di Araújo
{"title":"The Role of Social Capital in Climate Change Adaptation: Small Farmers’ Perspective","authors":"Renata Peregrino de Brito, Marcelo Martins de Sá, Nathalia Machado di Araújo","doi":"10.1177/02761467241249149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467241249149","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change represents a major challenge for businesses and society. Small farmers in emerging economies are most vulnerable to extreme weather events and must adapt their strategies and operations. Adaptive decision-making depends on the risk perception and the availability of resources, which can be a major limitation for the context of small farmers. Our study investigates how farmers perceive climate change risks and decide on climate adaptation. We explore the small farmers` vulnerability, risk perception, and decision-making process with in-depth interviews with small farmers in different network contexts. Our data reveal that small farmers, isolated in terms of communication and support regarding climate adaptation, used social exchanges to learn and adapt. However, as the social network was the primary source of information, knowledge, and experience sharing, the quality of network relationships made a difference. Thus, the importance of social capital to enable climate adaptation.","PeriodicalId":47896,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Macromarketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140941144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ad Hoc Reviewers Journal of Macromarketing Volume 44, Number 2, June 2024","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/02761467241245064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467241245064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47896,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Macromarketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140941709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Who Owns This Sentence? A History of Copyrights and Wrongs by David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu","authors":"Terrence H. Witkowski","doi":"10.1177/02761467241251422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467241251422","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47896,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Macromarketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140664238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revolutionizing Business and Marketing Education: The MECCDAL Model and a Case Study from the American Institute of Business Experience Design","authors":"Wided Batat","doi":"10.1177/02761467241244472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467241244472","url":null,"abstract":"This article provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving landscape of business and marketing education, accentuated by technological advancements, globalization, and the emergence of digital competitors. I underscore the challenges confronting traditional educational institutions arising from tech giants like Google and innovative e-learning platforms such as Udemy. The exacerbation of these issues in the post-pandemic environment is marked by escalating mental health concerns, a deficiency in practical skills acquisition, shifting student preferences, and debates surrounding the value proposition of college tuitions and business qualifications. Despite efforts to integrate immersive technologies and experiential learning strategies, a noticeable absence of pragmatic skills and learner-centric pedagogies persists within higher education paradigms. I introduce MECCDAL—a holistic, execution-oriented seven-pillar framework tailored to navigate contemporary challenges within an AI-infused, mental wellness-aware post-pandemic context. MECCDAL is an acronym derived from Latin terminologies: M ens (mind), E xecutio (execution), C or (heart), C orpus (body), D igitus (digital), A nima (soul), and L ingua (language). Through a detailed case study conducted at the American Institute of Business Experience Design, I illustrate MECCDAL's efficacy in augmenting business and marketing educational delivery mechanisms while fostering both collective and individual well-being alongside enhanced innovation and implementation competencies among students.","PeriodicalId":47896,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Macromarketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140597117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marketing Efficiency of Autarkic Systems: The Case of North Korea","authors":"Dobromir Kirilov Stoyanov, Rumyana Dobreva Stoyanova, Kiril Stoyanov Stoyanov","doi":"10.1177/02761467241238747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467241238747","url":null,"abstract":"The issue of marketing efficiency, or how to better transform inputs into outputs within a marketing system, has always occupied a special place in the macromarketing literature. The concept of marketing efficiency has not been studied in closed and isolated systems that exhibit distinctive behavioral patterns compared to conventional open systems and can explain important and understudied marketing phenomena, including autarky. This study challenges some of the conventional premises of marketing systems by defining autarky as a closed marketing system that 1) operates with the specific purpose of propaganda in a relatively predictable and efficient manner; 2) has minimal, though not entirely absent, interaction with the international environment; and 3) involves participants (actors) who do not engage in voluntary exchanges with one another but rather collectively, as well as individually, adhere consistently to the self-reliance ideology. We demonstrate how a classical thermodynamic model (i.e., the Carnot cycle for maximum energy efficiency) can be metaphorically associated with the behavior of the North Korean autarkic system to better understand the long-term efficiency of its propaganda machine. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to develop a holistic metaphorical framework for exploring the efficiency of an autarkic system and to establish common criteria for measuring relationships between autarkic properties and autarkic processes.","PeriodicalId":47896,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Macromarketing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140596997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}