Repositioning Research: A New MR Language Model

The author uses semiotic analysis to look at the language and imagery used by the market research industry to market itself, and argues that it needs to change if research is to be taken seriously at board level.
  

Repositioning Research: A New MR Language Model

Virginia Valentine Semiotic Solutions

Winner of the David Winton award for Best Technical Paper at the 2002 Market Research Society Conference

Introduction

The great MR relaunch debate has raged on for the past decade; in the trade press, at Conference and wherever the role and status of Research crops up. There has been no shortage of suggestions and advice, both from within and without MR. They range from a long-term fundamental strategic overhaul to ditching the Market Research name altogether. Amongst these recommendations, however, a recurrent theme has emerged; there...

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