Innovation in newspaper branding and desirable value creation in the country

Subject Areas : Media Management

Hasan Karbalaiee ¹ , Ali Akbar Farhangi ² , Mohammad Soltanifar ³ , Ali Delavar ⁴ , Ali Granmayehpur ⁵

1 - دانشجوی دکتری رشته مدیریت رسانهای، دانشکده مدیریت و اقتصاد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات، تهران، ایران
2 - استاد گروه مدیریت رسانهای، دانشکده مدیریت و اقتصاد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات، تهران، ایران
3 - مدیر گروه و دانشیار و عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه ازاد اسلامی واحد علوم تحقیقات تهران/دپارتمان ارتباطات و روزنامه نگاری
4 - استاد گروه سنجش و اندازهگیری، دانشکده روانشناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی، تهران، ایران
5 - استادیار گروه مطالعات فرهنگی و رسانه، دانشکده علوم ارتباطات و مطالعات رسانه، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد تهران مرکزی، تهران، ایران

Received: 2018-12-09 Accepted : 2019-01-09 Published : 2019-02-20

Keywords: innovation, newspapers, branding, value creation,

Abstract :

The way information has been changed on the basis of virtual spaces has changed; therefore, information sharing and access to economic, political, social and cultural information has also changed. For this reason, the press has to change its strategies and strategies, and it is essential to benefit from innovation. In this regard, the present study, which is of interest to the media, can be used to innovate in branding newspapers for desirable value creation in the country. The method of this research is descriptive correlational. The statistical community, experts, professors, media experts, owners of privileges, directors and journalists, are the leading journalists and editors of the most popular newspapers in the country. According to available sampling method, 125 people were selected. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. To analyze the data, Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression were used. The results and outputs of this study showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between the true quality of the product, the environment, professional ethics and employee relationships and customer support with brand equity, but there is not a significant relationship between cost and brand equity. Linear regression results also showed that customer support contributes to the prediction of brand equity.