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2.Website:thecentrepieceofonlinemarketing
Althoughthemostimportantpartofthisresearchisthestylisticanddiscursive
perspectiveoftheresearchedwebsites,theinitialstudyoftheselected
materialshowedthatitisnotpossibletoignoretheoreticalandpractical
aspectsofmarketingcommunication.Interdependenceoftechnologicaland
softwarebackgroundandpossibilitiesofoptimisingasiteoritsfunctionsand
goalsaswellasthesegmentofpresentedproductsorservicessignificantly
influencethelanguage,colourorinteractivityofawebsite.
Websiteswhichacompanyusestopresentitselftothepublicrepresentoneof
theofficial,institutionalcommunicationformsandfulfiltheappealfunction2
totargetandinfluencethediscoursecommunity.Inthiscontext,wealsospeak
morespecificallyaboutthepersuasivefunctionthesiteisaimedtopersuade
theaddresseetochoosethisparticularcompanybecauseeachcorporate
websitecanbeunderstoodasaparticulartypeofadvertising.Acompanythat
currentlyhasnoformofpromotionontheInternet,beitawebsiteorasocial
networkaccount,haslittlechanceofsucceedingincompetitionwithothers.
Thepotentialclientstartstosearchfortheparticularserviceorproduct
heneedsdirectlyintheInternetenvironment.Thedominantpersuasive
functionissupplementedbytheinformativefunction(therecipientobtains
informationaboutthecompany)andseductivefunction(toraiseinterest
inthebusinessactivitybyinducingexpressivefeatures;onseduction,see
e.g.Janovec,2004,2005).Thespecificmeanswhichthesecommuniquesuse
tofulfiltheirfunctionsarelistedbelow.
Fromthepointofviewofmarketingclassification,websitesareoneofthe
toolsofmarketingstrategiesofcompanies,organisations,institutionsor
individuals,andtheyfallintothesphereofInternetmarketingcommunication
oronlinemarketingcommunication.Theyrepresentacertainuvirtual
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Thereisnoclearpointofviewinterminologyregardingthedivisionofcommu-
nicationfunctions.E.g.Z.Vybíralpointsoutthatthetheoryofcommunicationisin-
spiredbytheworkofK.Bühler,whodistinguishesbetweenexpressive,appellative
andreferentialfunctions(cf.Vybíral,2009:32).G.Leechdefinesinformative,expres-
sive,directive,aestheticandphaticfunctions,whileheunderstandsdirectivefunc-
tioninthebroadestsenseasasituationwhereuwetrytoinfluencethebehaviouror
attitudesofothers”(Leech,1974:40-41),therefore,thefunctionincludespersuasion.
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