This thesis explores the relationship between political communication, digital marketing, and communication design, with the aim of making digital data on political reputation – often fragmented and technically complex – more interpretable, fostering an informed and strategically oriented understanding. In the first part, the thesis outlines the theoretical framework, adopting an interdisciplinary approach that addresses the concept of brand in the digital context, contemporary political communication, the algorithmic and cultural dynamics of social media, theoretical models of brand equity, and the issue of strategic translation in design. In the second part, the thesis describes the design choices that led to the development of a method of analysis and translation which, starting from heterogeneous and fragmented data, provides political actors with an interpretative system capable of facilitating a strategic understanding of reputation. The research adopts a mixed-method approach, combining theoretical reflection with a design phase based on interviews conducted with members of the political sphere regarding their relationship with digital media and the language they use. The outcome is not a prototyped technical tool, but a design-oriented framework that performs a function of cognitive and strategic mediation, measuring and translating the complexity of data into an accessible structure that supports decision-making processes.
Questa tesi esplora il rapporto tra comunicazione politica, marketing digitale e communication design, con l’obiettivo di rendere interpretabili i dati digitali sulla reputazione politica, spesso frammentati e tecnicamente complessi, favorendone una lettura consapevole e orientata in senso strategico. Nella prima parte, la tesi presenta la cornice teorica entro cui si muove, adottando un approccio interdisciplinare che affronta il brand nel contesto digitale, la comunicazione politica contemporanea, le dinamiche algoritmiche e culturali dei social media, i modelli teorici della brand equity e il tema della traduzione strategica nel design. Nella seconda parte, la tesi descrive le scelte progettuali che hanno portato a un metodo di analisi e traduzione che, a partire da dati eterogenei e frammentati, restituisce al politico e ai suoi interlocutori un sistema interpretativo in grado di agevolare la lettura strategica della reputazione. La ricerca adotta un approccio misto, che combina le riflessioni teoriche con una fase di progettazione basata sulle interviste svolte a membri del mondo politico sul loro rapporto con il digitale e sul linguaggio che utilizzano. Il risultato non è uno strumento tecnico prototipato, ma un framework di natura progettuale che svolge una funzione di mediazione cognitiva e strategica, misurando e traducendo la complessità dei dati in una struttura accessibile e utile al processo decisionale.
Misurare l'intangibile : il digitale come strumento di analisi e traduzione dell'equity dei brand politici
Valentini, Davide
2024/2025
Abstract
This thesis explores the relationship between political communication, digital marketing, and communication design, with the aim of making digital data on political reputation – often fragmented and technically complex – more interpretable, fostering an informed and strategically oriented understanding. In the first part, the thesis outlines the theoretical framework, adopting an interdisciplinary approach that addresses the concept of brand in the digital context, contemporary political communication, the algorithmic and cultural dynamics of social media, theoretical models of brand equity, and the issue of strategic translation in design. In the second part, the thesis describes the design choices that led to the development of a method of analysis and translation which, starting from heterogeneous and fragmented data, provides political actors with an interpretative system capable of facilitating a strategic understanding of reputation. The research adopts a mixed-method approach, combining theoretical reflection with a design phase based on interviews conducted with members of the political sphere regarding their relationship with digital media and the language they use. The outcome is not a prototyped technical tool, but a design-oriented framework that performs a function of cognitive and strategic mediation, measuring and translating the complexity of data into an accessible structure that supports decision-making processes.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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