This book articulates a new theoretical approach to branding, labelled the Communication as Constitutive of Brands (CCB) approach. This approach combines understandings from the CCO (Communication as Constitutive of Organization) perspective with the branding literature.

Brands - corporate, products, service- today are collectively defined by their customers, , deriving from personal experiences and word-of-mouth. This book acts as a forum for examining current and future trends in corporate branding, identity, image and reputation.

This book looks at the recent emergence of "new ordinary consumption," in urban China and defines new ordinary consumption as a consumer practice in which people routinely integrate products and items, traditionally reserved for special occasions, into their daily lives, to accentuate their own well-being.

This volume analyses branded content through a theoretical and empirical study to examine the factors that have led to exponential growth and the adaptation of creative advertising processes in the creation of branded content.

This book is an innovative attempt to identify and analyse the processes related to social influence in online buying behaviour, with special attention given to the phenomenon of social proof, which is the basis of social media, recommendation marketing and word of mouth (WOM) marketing.

This book presents an assessment of the forms and range of consumer behaviour manipulation through information asymmetry in online advertising and explores the possible causes, forms and effects. The work offers a new approach to the role of advertising in the digital world, especially its forms and impact strategies.

This book investigates and explores the impact of digital transformation on building corporate branding, identity and reputation.