Abstract (eng)
The present diploma thesis is about the broad topic of Audio Branding, which is a process of acoustical branding. It focuses on music used in advertising, especially on music which is used for advertisements on television. The cognitions are based on available literature in addition to my on scientifical research.
The first theoretical chapter includes important outcomes about music in advertising, which were found by the science of communication and musicology. Next to the explainatory models of advertising psychology I also considered sociological theories an basics about the reception of musical stimuli.
Based on these premises it goes over to Audio Branding as a big part of a companies Corporate Identity. Using the relevant definitions from the sciences described before, a specific description of music in advertising is given, which we can now classify as a part of Audio Branding. The development of this music, its affecting places and the way it is used is an important part of this thesis, besides the process from the beginning of the assignment to the final product.
The centre of the empirical study was a guideline-based interview with experts. The main topic was the gap between theory and praxis. Even though the importance of Audio Branding is increasing in the field of scientific studies, advertisers often don´t give it enough attention. Finding those reasons and motives was the main intention of this study.