rural vs urban communication
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Rural vs Urban Communication
BMS 2012
Reema Rijhwani
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Census
DefinitionUrban – “All places that fall within the administrative
limits of municipal corporation, municipality, cantonment board, or having a population of at least 5000 or 75% male working in non agriculture sector and have population density of at least 400 per square kilometer”
Rural – Remaining India
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Communication Models• Interactive Model – (please check the same for
exams & integrate with Shannon Weaver model)
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• Ecological Model
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Characteristics of Urban Areas
• Literate Audience• More or less homogenous • Served with multiple options – Branded and others
as well• Over crowded• Mass spread of promotions• Well connected – technology, electricity,
infrastructure etc
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Characteristics of Rural Areas
• Literacy constraints• Infrastructure constraints• Less buying options • Unorganized market/products penetration higher• Resource constraints – technology, electricity, income
opportunities etc
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Promotion Tools
• Urban – Outdoor & Indoor Advertisements, Digital – internet & phones, Sales & Trade promotions, Public Relations, Direct Marketing, exhibitions, etc.
• Rural - Outdoor & Indoor Advertisements – PO, wall painting, mobile demonstration vans etc, Digital – phones, Sales & Trade promotions, Exhibitions – Melas, Mandis, etc.
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Communication - Urban
• Language and content appeal to target audience – as different segments and needs
• Medium appeal• Positioning and differentiation communicated – value
proposition offerings• Information rich
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Communication - Rural
• Language – regional based• Content – regional, cultural, caste appeal• Benefit & cost conscious approach• Promotion driven• Visual based – colour, logo, etc (attractive to
remember) • Medium – carefully selected
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Companies Initiatives - Rural
• ITC E-Choupal• Rallis Kisan Kendre• M&M Shubh Labh Stores• Godrej Aadhar• CSC (Common Service Center) – Government Of India
initiative• Exhibitions – Chaat Mela
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Thank You