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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015 Jul 24;39(9):1766–1774. doi: 10.1111/acer.12811

Table 2.

Content themes by type of product and brand

Unique ads Content theme (%)
n % Humor Friends Artistic Sports Relax Sexy Partying Quality Love Manly Taste Luxury Tradition
Total 581 100.0 51.3 44.9 18.6 18.1 17.0 15.5 15.3 14.3 13.8 12.6 11.2 10.2 6.9
Type of alcohol
 Beer 385 66.3 57.7 45.5 10.9 22.9 14.8 11.2 11.4 17.1 13.5 13.8 7.5 8.3 3.9
 Spirits 88 15.1 21.6 44.3 47.7 11.4 12.5 29.5 18.2 6.8 8.0 18.2 1.1 28.4 27.3
 Flavored Spirits 39 6.7 66.7 33.3 17.9 10.3 0.0 10.3 41.0 10.3 20.5 5.1 23.1 0.0 0.0
 Alcopops 27 4.6 81.5 29.6 7.4 11.1 18.5 7.4 14.8 3.7 7.4 7.4 25.9 0.0 0.0
 Flavored Beer 23 4.0 0.0 87.0 52.2 0.0 82.6 34.8 8.7 17.4 47.8 0.0 82.6 0.0 4.3
 Liqueur 19 3.3 47.4 31.6 15.8 0.0 36.8 36.8 36.8 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5 0.0
Brands
 Miller 75 12.9 66.7 53.3 5.3 18.7 8.0 14.7 2.7 14.7 12.0 25.3 14.7 0.0 0.0
 Sam Adams 32 5.5 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 9.4 0.0 0.0 81.3 0.0 0.0 46.9 0.0 6.3
 Bud Light 94 16.2 68.1 54.3 22.3 18.1 26.6 17.0 27.7 2.1 21.3 0.0 18.1 0.0 0.0
 Captain  Morgan 25 4.3 92.0 48.0 0.0 16.0 0.0 8.0 52.0 0.0 28.0 4.0 12.0 0.0 0.0
 Coors 66 11.4 71.2 66.7 1.5 56.1 9.1 10.6 3.0 19.7 18.2 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.1
 Budweiser 51 8.8 31.4 39.2 3.9 19.6 5.9 7.8 9.8 23.5 15.7 5.9 7.8 0.0 5.9
 Smirnoff 20 3.4 25.0 15.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 45.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.0
 Dos Equis 20 3.4 100.0 5.0 45.0 5.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 85.0 0.0
 Mike's Hard Lemonade 18 3.1 94.4 27.8 0.0 16.7 27.8 11.1 11.1 0.0 11.1 11.1 27.8 0.0 0.0
 Heineken 9 1.5 77.8 22.2 0.0 22.2 22.2 44.4 22.2 11.1 33.3 0.0 0.0 66.7 0.0
 Michelob 12 2.1 0.0 75.0 33.3 8.3 66.7 0.0 8.3 25.0 0.0 0.0 8.3 8.3 0.0
 Jack Daniels 11 1.9 0.0 18.2 81.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.2 0.0 9.1 9.1 0.0 45.5
 Corona 24 4.1 41.7 25.0 4.2 4.2 95.8 25.0 20.8 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Ketel One 11 1.9 0.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 90.9 100.0
 Bacardi 10 1.7 40.0 60.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 30.0
 Baileys 8 1.4 25.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 12.5 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Jose Cuervo Tequila 7 1.2 71.4 57.1 28.6 0.0 0.0 28.6 14.3 0.0 28.6 0.0 0.0 14.3 0.0
 Grey Goose 18 3.1 5.6 55.6 100.0 11.1 50.0 55.6 22.2 16.7 0.0 5.6 16.7 72.2 0.0
 Guinness 14 2.4 35.7 42.9 35.7 35.7 0.0 0.0 21.4 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 35.7
 Malibu Rum 8 1.4 87.5 25.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 37.5 87.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Stella Artois 11 1.9 27.3 0.0 63.6 0.0 0.0 18.2 0.0 18.2 45.5 9.1 0.0 72.7 0.0
 Crown Royal 4 0.7 0.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Jim Beam 11 1.9 45.5 18.2 27.3 0.0 0.0 36.4 9.1 0.0 36.4 18.2 9.1 0.0 45.5
 Stolichnaya 5 0.9 100.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Absolut 6 1.0 16.7 0.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 33.3 0.0 16.7 16.7 0.0 16.7 0.0 0.0
 Grand Marnier 2 0.3 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
 Southern  Comfort 2 0.3 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0
 Patron Tequila 7 1.2 14.3 14.3 0.0 57.1 14.3 14.3 0.0 14.3 0.0 14.3 0.0 14.3 0.0