Abstract:

The advertising discourse of the global brands has changed dramatically in 2000‟s. These brands have begun to broadcast some messages regarding the meaning of life by using the terms of “affection”, “hope”, “happiness”, “helpfulness”, “love” and “peace”. Coca Cola Company, elected as the best global brand in 2012 according to Interbrand‟s report, prepared the following television commercials for Turkey such as New Year New Hopes (2012), Onebillionreason New Year (2012), Security Cameras (2012), A Better Year (2012), The Man Who Welcomes The New Year Alone (2013), Do You Want Change? Make It Zero (2012) and Coca Cola Turkey web site presents some remarkable data concerning the new marketing strategy of global brands in the postcapitalist era. When these verbal and audiovisual data are analyzed through discourse analysis, it can be observed that Coca Cola has attempted to become the life coach of the masses as a global brand. The main message of Coca Cola‟s mentioned television commercials is “hope”. In these commercials, it is emphasized that surviving in any case is one of the most important virtue. Supporting the hope and telling people that life is beautiful in any case makes the capitalist system survive. In this context, the sustainability of the postcapitalist system depends on supporting the hope of the masses every day

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