Question 1
Cultural meaning for Sony and its products was developed with the help of adapting country-specific characteristics of a product. For example, Walkman that was supposed to be marketed in the US was developed with regard to individualistic American culture. Individualistic nature of Americans was reflected in Walkman advertising campaign (Schiffman and Kanuk 306). Sony emphasized the difference in American and Japanese cultures while making this difference an indisputable advantage. Cultural meaning was developed with the help of Walkman advertising campaign using space creature meaning multicultural environment of American society. Walkman space creature was to embody lifestyle of migrants from different ...
