The Commentary of City Promotional Films Based on Transitivity Theory: A Case Study of Xi’an and San Francisco

Based on Halliday’s theory of ideational function, this paper selects the commentary of city promotional films of Xi’an and San Francisco and analyzes them from the perspective of the transitivity system. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the language skills of the two commentaries and to provide ideas and methods for the audience to understand such explanatory texts. This paper focuses on the following two questions: 1) How do the six processes of the transitivity system distribute in the two commentaries? 2) What are the specific functions of the six processes in the two commentaries? The results show that 1) there are two kinds of processes frequently used in explanatory texts, namely material process and relational process; 2) the frequency of mental, verbal and existential processes is relatively low; 3) behavioral process has no occurrence. The reason may be that although the textual structure and description focus of the two commentaries are different, they both belong to the applied style of oral explanation, so that they share the same social functions of shaping the city image, highlighting the city connotation and managing the city brand.

WHAT DRIVES CITY BRAND ATTRACTIVENESS? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON SOME PROVINCES IN INDONESIA

Current study is aiming to investigate the key determinant factors of city attractiveness. Research background was triggered by, firstly, the lack of literature focused on this phenomenon. Secondly, the concern of people to live in environmentally friendly place and the local plan to complete city management in order to increase economics performance and international competitiveness by using visibilities and economics benefit globally. This research took sampling with specific target (600 respondents) from local potential talents, such as young entrepreneurship, international business, high educated persons with age range 25 until 45 years old. A ten likert scale is used to evaluate city brand which is considered as a key factor to influence city attractiveness. A structural equation modeling is deployed to analyze the city attractiveness driven. Those driven factors such as environmental outlook, responsive social service, tourism and cultural tangible, education and job opportunity, safety and health, international level and city attractiveness performance. Statistical outputs demonstrated that all hypotheses (H1 until H5) have shown significant antecedents of city attractiveness. H6 stated that international level is insignificant as a driver for city attractiveness performance.

La “Marca Ciudad” y su comunicación como vector de desarrollo

Este trabajo de investigación parte de la premisa de que los territorios urbanos tienen una identidad cultural subyacente y distintiva; que cuenta además con ciertas potencialidades y recursos que pueden generarle posibilidades concretas de desarrollo. Parte de la certeza de que un territorio no puede reinventarse de cero, como sí podría hacerlo un producto/servicio si es que cuenta con recursos suficientes. Los territorios responden a una identidad en constante evolución, dotada de plasticidad adaptativa que se conforma de acuerdo a la acción de sus ciudadanos, la historia que los define, el impacto de los cambios sociales en sus rasgos singulares y su capacidad de adaptación e innovación frente a las nuevas condicionantes de orden mundial. El objeto de la investigación considera distintos enfoques sobre planificación y desarrollo económico, así como el papel de los gobiernos locales en la gestión y desarrollo de las ciudades, enfocándose en aquellas de países en desarrollo. A lo largo del trabajo se considera que las ciudades y las regiones se ven abocadas a gestionar directamente los recursos para satisfacer eficientemente las necesidades de su población. En este contexto, se analiza y propone la concepción, construcción y desarrollo de una marca de ciudad (place branding) o marca de destino (destination branding), que represente y proyecte a la ciudad, a la vez que se constituya en una manifestación del poder comunicativo del espacio, cuya gestión de imagen, resulta decisiva como generadora de recursos, facilitadora de bienestar para sus pobladores, así como para su crecimiento y desarrollo sustentable a largo plazo. Abstract This research work is started from the premise that urban territories have an underlying and distinctive cultural identity; that it also has certain potentialities and resources that can generate concrete possibilities for development. It starts from the certainty that a territory cannot reinvent itself from scratch, as a product/service could if it has sufficient resources. The territories respond to an identity in constant evolution, endowed with adaptive plasticity that is shaped according to the action of its citizens, the history that defines them, the impact of social changes on their unique features and their capacity for adaptation and innovation in the face of the new conditions of world order. The object of the research considers different approaches to planning and economic development, as well as the role of local governments in the management and development of cities, focusing on those in developing countries. Throughout the work, it is considered that cities and regions are forced to directly manage resources to efficiently satisfy the needs of their population. In this context, the conception, construction and development of a city brand (place branding) or destination brand (destination branding), is analyzed and proposed, which represents and project to the city, at the same time be constituted in a manifestation of the communicative power of the space, whose image management is decisive as a generator of resources, facilitator of well-being for its inhabitants, as well as for their growth and long-term sustainable development.

Perception Measurement of City Brand Archetype in Xiamen, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou-Based on Projection Method Analysis

City branding is the most concentrated embodiment of city image and the most valuable intangible asset of a city. City branding can attract investors, talents, tourists, and the public’s attention to the city, as well as enhance the competitiveness of the city and bring greater economic benefits and growth potential to the city. Past studies in the context of city branding systematically focus on the development, shaping and communication. Little is known on the combination of city branding and brand archetypes. The projection technique is applied for this research. The objective of this research is to explore the archetypes of city brand based on the Twelve Chinese Cultural Archetypes theory, and takes Xiamen, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou as the examples. The research reveals that Xiamen belongs to the archetype of “Beauty”, Zhangzhou is close to the archetype of “Neighborhood”, and Quanzhou belongs to the archetype of “Benevolent”.

Beyond the authenticity–standardisation paradox in international gastronomy retailing: Twisting the hosting city brand with the place of origin

PurposeThis study aims to frame the authenticity–standardisation relationship in international gastronomy retailing and explores how and to what extent the food place of origin and the urban context in which the gastronomy stores are located shape customers' in-store experience.Design/methodology/approachThis paper analyses the case of Eataly, which combines specialty grocery stores and restaurants disseminating the Italian eating style, quality food and regional traditions internationally. Facebook reviews (1,018) of four Eataly stores – New York City, Rome, Munich and Istanbul were analysed, adopting a web content mining approach.FindingsPlace of origin, quality and hosting city categories frame the gastronomic in-store experience. Standardisation elements (shared across the four analysed stores) and authenticity elements (specific to a single store) are identified towards defining three archetypical authenticity–standardisation relationships, namely originated authenticity, standardised authenticity and localised authenticity.Originality/valueThis study proposes original modelling that disentangles the authenticity–standardisation paradox in international gastronomy retailing. It provides evidence of the intertwining of the place of origin and the city brand in customers' in-store experience.

City Brand Image Building and Its Impact on the Psychological Capital of New Entrepreneurs Following Cultural Construction

The purpose of the study is to provide effective direction and ideas for urban modernization and promote the development of the city innovation economy and the stability of the employment rate. First, the main contents and influencing factors of urban culture construction are introduced. Second, the construction of city cultural images and the social capital of new entrepreneurs are discussed, and the relationship between the two is analyzed. Then, Interpretative Structural Modeling Method (ISM) is put forward, and five influencing factors of city entrepreneurial environments are expounded. A questionnaire survey is designed based on the ISM model, and a nationwide survey of new entrepreneurs is carried out. The survey results show that entrepreneurs of different genders, ages, and educational levels have different degrees of concern for the city image. Among them, the entrepreneurs with different educational levels have the most obvious difference in their attention to the cultural image of the city (p < 0.05). In addition, public transportation, educational conditions, tourism resources, air quality, and image orientation are the most obvious factors affecting the construction of city brand images (p < 0.05). The influence of the educational level of residents and investment environment on new entrepreneurs is more prominent. This shows that in the process of shaping the city brand image, the improvement of city culture is helpful for new enterprises. The more perfect the city culture is, the more attractive it will be for highly educated entrepreneurs. The study can help relevant decision-makers to plan the future development direction of the city more accurately and realize the stable development of city brand images.

PENGGUNAAN MASKOT SEBAGAI BAGIAN DARI CITY BRANDING KOTA MALANG (STUDI KASUS: OSI DAN JI)

In this modern era, cities play an important role in the country's development strategy, urban planners and designers and all stakeholders build a strong image and reputation in order to compete between cities and introduce them to the world for sources of regional cash income. City branding is one of the city's strategies to display uniqueness so that it is easily recognized and as a differentiator between a city. Currently, many cities in Indonesia have implemented a city ​​branding strategy and some have mascots as part of their city ​​branding. Mascot is part of the visualization of city ​​branding which has a role to strengthen brand identity. Malang City is one of the big cities in Indonesia that has implemented a city ​​branding strategy, namely Beautiful Malang. The city of Malang also has a mascot which is part of the city ​​branding of the city of Malang, namely the mascot of Osiji which is the official mascot of the Malang City government. This research is a study that examines the Osiji mascot in terms of its application. This study discusses the use of the Osiji mascot as part of the city ​​branding strategy of Malang City and how the visual perception arises from the application of the mascot. The purpose of this research is to find out the strategy that has been implemented by the Malang city government in applying the Osiji mascot as part of the city ​​branding of Malang City and to know the visual perception created from the application of the Osiji mascot. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. The theory used in this research is Gestalt's theory of visual perception and Anholt's The City Brand Hexagon theory. The final results in this study indicate that the city ​​branding of Malang through Osiji is considered less than optimal so that the popularity of Osiji has not been able to strengthen the positive image of Malang City. The low popularity of the Osiji mascot is due to the application strategy that does not consider the design principles and concepts of city ​​branding.

Sociocultural and political aspects of urban space formation: images «inside» and «outside»

The purpose of the article is to analyze the phenomenon of the city as a communicative environment that creates images. Concrete historical examples of the formation of the image of the city, both from the side of the internal observer and from the side of external actors, are considered. The morphological analysis used in the study makes it possible to consider in more detail the elements of image construction and their interconnection. According to the results of the study, the author concluded that the formation of the image of the city takes place from two positions in relation to it – «inside» and «outside». Each of them defines the city as a unique environment at different levels. The first way of constructing the image of the city is based on personal understanding and reading, which makes the city understandable in terms of its use. The second type of image is associated with the formation of a city brand, which is based on a strong archetype or dominant that makes it unique and recognizable. Correctly constructed images are beneficial for the authorities, since attractive cities can be a magnet for investment, which in turn entails the socio-economic development of both the city and the region as a whole.

On the city brand development: city style as a city brand dimension

The article discusses the issues of the development of the city brand. The main purpose of the study was to identify the factors and components that contribute to the development of the city brand. The city brand model of Thomas Gad has been taken as a theoretical basis of the study. This model describes four dimensions of a city brand: mental, spiritual, social and functional. The author of the article has made an attempt to describe and add one more dimension to above-mentioned model-the dimension of “city style” with its visual and aesthetic aspect. The literature review has been conducted in order to clarify the concepts of “brand” and “city brand”. The questionnaire has been carried out among residents of two cities of Kazakhstan to identify the influence of the city style on the recognition of the city. The above is the theoretical and practical contribution of this study to the development and formation of the city’s brand. The proposal of the author of the study to develop design codes for cities of the Republic of Kazakhstan is of applied importance.