Abstract

The past decade has witnessed the rising popularity of the airline industry, along with prosperity and ever increasing competition. It has become important for airline companies to outshine their rivals for a favorable market share. As a major means of promotion, advertising campaign is of crucial importance in building the corporate image and exerting brand influence. This study conducts a semiotic discourse analysis on the advertising campaign launched by Air France in 2014, and hope to be of interest to researchers, producers of advertising metaphors, as well as consumers in general. The results indicate that the highlighted visual and textual components are arranged as such to form a sense of superiority and great comfort that is perceivable to the viewers. Through the construction of an elegant, glamorous and superior atmosphere, it is palpable that Air France tends to broadcast their brand toward viewers who pay attention to quality of and enjoyment in life, and welcome prosperous cultural peculiarities.

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