Engagement and Motivations, Free from Landmarks Or Explosions Announcing Their Presence
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
IPSOS FLAIR COLLECTION ISSN 2527-2373 IPSOS FLAIR COLLECTION | BRAZIL 2019: THE SOUND AND NOISE THE EXPERTS © Vincent Rosenblatt Line 1 Henri Wallard Yves Bardon Line 2 Line 4 Our 30 experts are Ipsos Brazil Luis Abimerhy pleased to present the BRAZIL 2019: Alessandro Alves Luiza Sano second edition of Ipsos Alex Candido Marcos Calliari Flair Brazil. The Sound and The Noise Ana Castaldi Nayara Delaqua Bianca Lima Priscilla Branco Thanks to their work, Bruna Cordeiro Rafael Domingos you can learn how to Camila Neves Renata Petrecca take studies a step Carla Voros further in order to discover the true values and expectations Line 3 Line 5 of Brazilians, where Danielle Diogo Roberta Evangelista assessment meets Eduardo Trevisan Rupak Patitunda intuition. Erick Vasconcelos Sandra Zlotagora Pessini Gustavo Shimanuki Stephanie Fioravanti Juliana Macedo Talita Leardini Juliana Tranjan Thamires Faria Lia Castro Thiago Ramos Brazil 2019: The Sound and The Noise Ipsos editions September, 2018 ©2018 – Ipsos 3 | GUIDE By Henri Wallard, Deputy CEO IPSOS FLAIR: UNDERSTAND TO FORESEE. Ipsos leverages assets thanks to its broader knowledge of countries and cultures, and their social and political environment. In 2006, Ipsos Flair was created to demonstrate the originality and intellectual curiosity of Ipsos, because « Flair » is about instinct and intuition. It is the ability to capture the mood, to perceive the right direction, to know when to act. It is also another way of looking, one that considers survey results as sociological interactions enabling to understand the real relationship between people and everything around them: brands, ads, media… By bringing together these diverse and complementary perspectives related to understanding people, markets and 5 | society the Ipsos Flair series helps our clients to formulate and to fine-tune strategic planning approaches with the full picture. Our fifth Flair in Brazil accompanies an election year for a president in a troubled context. The time is complicated but exciting: the current mood requires special efforts from brands, companies and all stakeholders to meet the expectations of a sharper coconsumer-citizen in search of meaning. Ipsos Flair aims at offering some light on the driving forces and the way forward. | 6 EDITORIAL By Yves Bardon, 1. Global Advisor Onda 109(G@109), held Ipsos Knowledge Centre, between April 20 and Ipsos Flair Program Director May 3, 2018, in 28 countries around the world via PainelOnline. The countries surveyed Three years ago, we compared Brazil to a teenager, with his/her are Argentina, Australia, contradictions and nerves on edge, having choices to make, but Belgium, Brazil, confident enough in the future. Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Now, we have a more hardened character, jostled by what Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, turbulence of what Brazilian life is like: corruption, a former Mexico, President of the republic in prison, fake news that casts doubt on Peru, Poland, Russia, everything, social crisis, an economic recovery under a question Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden mark, a massive strike from truck drivers, political murder, and Turkey. devaluation of the real... We could choose multiple figures to 21,268 adults aged 18-64 years in the illustrate the current climate of the country. However, we chose two, USA, Israel and Canada which reflect the general feeling: 85% of Brazilians consider that the and 16-64 years in all other countries were 1 economic situation is not good and 83% believe that their country interviewed. is going in the wrong direction2. 2. Brazil Pulse of June 2018, a survey More demanding and more informed, more lucid too, Brazilians conducted with 1.200 want a better quality of life, more efficient infrastructure, easier interviews in 72 municipalities between access to care and education, greater safety and comfort in everyday June 01 to 13, 2018. life. Does he/she travel more or spend more time in libraries for this? Margin of error: 3 pp. 7 | No. Social networks, from Facebook to Instagram and the very popular WhatsApp, have opened Brazil to the world, facilitated and developed exchanges and criticism. Nothing is worse than the comparison that the internet and communication technologies have allowed. In terms of consumption, the rise of digitalisation makes possible to find the cheapest option in just one click. In terms of knowledge, even in the most superficial sense of the word, it helps to position oneself on a scale, to better see what works or doesn’t. Therefore, it is little wonder that the recurring words in our fifth Ipsos Flair in Brazil are "change" and "transformation". They result from a perception that evolves with respect to everything that shapes, structures, and influences opinion: advertising, businesses, politicians, brands, the media, etc.; all are now accountable. In the populist logic, everyone is treated suspiciously: "they have no results", "they deceive people", "they do not improve people’s lives", "they despise them". The system is broken; we must harden the rules, oppose good and evil, go back to the fundamentals. Here, "Order" is the sine qua non of "Progress". In the logic of Ipsos Flair 2019, because they must now give meaning to their actions, put the citizen-consumer at the centre of their values and approach, change their way of considering it because everything is in the process of to be transformed: the way of working with artificial intelligence and the fourth industrial revolu t ion, the role of companies from which we expect more socia l commitment, the link between food and health with all the alimentary fears involved, the green evolution that impacts the luxury sector. Each in its own way embodies a facet of change that, to become a shared progress, must be fair. The coordinating conjunction between "Order" and "Progress" is decisive for progress not to be reserved to an economic and cultural elite, which will feed populism. This aspiration to meaning is strong in Brazil and gives new energy to the country. In parallel, the society, as in many other countries, is divided and full of contradictions. | 8 We hear clearly the sound of empowerment: voices of the Brazilians tired of corruption and incompetence within the political class; voices of the truck drivers striking and stopping the country’s economy; voices of consumers looking for authenticity, communication, and brand purpose; voices of individuals asking for diversity and personalisation. At the same time, we have the noise of reminiscent patterns of Brazilian society (authoritarianism and conservatism) and of the worst recession in the country’s history. Hence our title for the new edition of Flair in Brazil: "The Sound and The Noise", echoing a momentum where people are struggling to make their voices heard and to find their way in world that moves (too?) quickly. 9 | POINT OF VIEW By Marcos Calliari, Country Manager, Ipsos Brazil Brazil’s recent history has been a series of monumental events. All facts typical of traditional historiography, especially political and economic facts, may easily illustrate the country’s last few years. After all, unprecedented events have occurred in a very short period of time, dragging ubiquitous attention and resulting in a profusion of articles and forecasts: in the past two years, Brazil has hosted the Olympic Games, endured its worst crisis, and a new impeachment of its highest executive position, in addition to radical changes in economic policy and its greatest anticorruption operation, which led to the imprisonment of a once untouchable character, aside from several other superlative events capable of bringing about a radical shift in national direction. It is little wonder that last year, Flair Brazil 2018 announced the mask had fallen and it was about time for the country – or better yet, for Brazilians – to face the often-uncomfortable image reflected in the mirror. Problems that would not solve themselves; time to put an end to the victimization process of an entire people. This is precisely where we stand: one year later, concerned with the equally dramatic political-economic environment. | 10 There is no sign of recovery from the institutions. According to the March 2018 Pulse Brazil survey, 94% of Brazilians do not believe politicians are trustworthy and the 76% question the reliability of the election process. Brazilians also do not believe in the court system (73%). The same survey performed in June 2018 also reveals that an alarming 95% of Brazilians believe the country is on the wrong track3. In this context, not even major elections are capable of inspiring optimism. The current path seems increasingly clear and it is a long way from traditional politics, the all-providing State, public order and belief in the institutions, but towards and through our voice. Last year’s foreword included the following words: “waves are visible and loud; currents are unbeatable”. Time has come to take the next step, in order to understand where such invisible movements are taking us, therefore giving rise to this study, "The Sound and The Noise". The dollar spike, election polls, unemployment levels, and the latest legislative scandal are key, but cannot continue to be the only source of hope or dismay for tomorrow. It is time to put out the instantaneous and frenetic noise and listen to the sounds hidden behind all the yelling. It was in 1929 that the Annales school of thought, or École des Annales, offered a new look questioning traditional historiography, which told the story of events of the prevailing elite in previous periods (which in fact undeniably prevails, to date, unjustifiable or otherwise). The Annales historians wanted to give room for the conscience and intelligibility of culture and the mindset of society. This new perspective undoubtedly represents a refreshing review of point-of-view and offered an incredibly broader and deeper understanding of social trends.