{"title":"Smart Communication for a Digital World","authors":"Jisu Huh","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2020.1849693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1849693","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"20 1","pages":"240 - 243"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15252019.2020.1849693","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43158295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Curating Luxe Experiences Online? Explicating the Mechanisms of Luxury Content Marketing in Cultivating Brand Loyalty","authors":"Quan Xie, Chen Lou","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2020.1811177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1811177","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Luxury brands have been increasing investment in creating compelling content that communicates brand value and stories on social media. Yet research on understanding the mechanisms of luxury content marketing in brand building is still scarce. Hence, we proposed and tested a comprehensive conceptual model explicating the mechanisms through which the perceived value of luxury content marketing on social media (i.e., YouTube) shapes brand loyalty among luxury purchasers. Our findings demonstrate that the perceived experiential value and unique value of luxury branded content are positively related to perceived brand prestige, brand exclusivity, and customer intimacy, respectively, which in turn, are significantly associated with brand loyalty. The perceived functional value of the brand’s YouTube channel is positively related to perceived brand prestige and brand exclusivity, respectively, which in turn, are significantly associated with brand loyalty.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"20 1","pages":"209 - 224"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15252019.2020.1811177","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43361509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather Shoenberger, Eunjin (Anna) Kim, E. Johnson
{"title":"Role of Perceived Authenticity of Digital Enhancement of Model Advertising Images on Brand Attitudes, Social Media Engagement","authors":"Heather Shoenberger, Eunjin (Anna) Kim, E. Johnson","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2020.1840459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1840459","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A flurry of advertising campaigns, legislative attempts to regulate digital modification (e.g., required disclaimers about digital modification required in France and other countries), and social movements like #MeToo have coincided with growing consumer desire for socially conscious advertising. The trend of creating socially conscious advertising is in line with consumer demand, but empirical evidence for how such advertising may affect consumer attitudes and behavior is lacking. This study investigates the role of perceived authenticity in one area of socially conscious advertising strategy. Interestingly, results indicate that while perceived authenticity of a model in an Instagram campaign may not lead to increased engagement on social media, it does improve attitude toward the brand. These results point to a potential disconnect between social media engagement with advertising content and attitudes toward the brand (i.e., high social media engagement is not always linked to brand attitude).","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"20 1","pages":"181 - 195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15252019.2020.1840459","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48744276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Examination of a Campaign Hashtag (#OptOutside) with Google Trends and Twitter","authors":"A. Demirel","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2020.1840460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1840460","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Brands ubiquitously use hashtags in their online and offline marketing communications. The use of hashtags can bring attention to brands and facilitate an online conversation around a brand-related topic. Despite the widespread use of hashtags, a scarcity of research specifically explores consumers’ reactions to brands’ campaign hashtags. Hence, this study aims to demonstrate an evaluation of a brand’s hashtag by relying on online brand search and user-generated online content. More precisely, the author examines the #OptOutside campaign from outdoor retailer Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), by analyzing online brand search with Google Trends data and user-generated textual content (i.e., 276,049 tweets) that contains REI’s #OptOutside, which is an official campaign hashtag. These method and findings add to social media research and practice by offering a practical approach to leverage online brand search and user-generated online content to examine the effectiveness of a hashtag campaign.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"20 1","pages":"165 - 180"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15252019.2020.1840460","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44218823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Did You Notice the Ads? Examining the Influence of Telepresence and User Control on the Effectiveness of Embedded Billboard Ads in a VR Racing Game","authors":"Y. Wang, Mike Z. Yao","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2020.1846642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1846642","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Virtual reality (VR) can enhance game players’ experience by creating a hyperrealistic environment through telepresence. While marketers have found opportunities for advertising in this new medium, little is known about how consumers process displayed ads in VR. This study examines the impact of telepresence and active control on the effectiveness of embedded in-game ads in a custom-built car racing game. A total of 88 undergraduate students participated in a 2 (telepresence: VR versus flat screen) × 2 (active control: playing versus viewing) between-subject experiment. Brand recall, brand recognition, product purchase intention, and advertised product price estimates were measured. The results showed that billboard ads were the least likely to be remembered by players and the most likely to be remembered by viewers. We did not find a difference in brand recall and recognition between the VR and flat-screen conditions. However, regardless of game control, VR led to higher price estimates. We also found an interaction effect of telepresence and control on purchase intention.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"20 1","pages":"258 - 272"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15252019.2020.1846642","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44304487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unguarded against Persuasion and Willing to Share: The Combined Effect of Chronic Regulatory Focus and Disclosure Language on Consumer Responses to Native Advertising","authors":"N. Dodoo, J. Wen, Linwan Wu","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2020.1773353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1773353","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract While disclosure has been largely investigated within existing native advertising research, consumers’ individual characteristics, which may influence the persuasion process, have not received sufficient academic attention in this area. Through online experiments, this research examined the interplay between chronic regulatory focus and disclosure language on consumer responses to native advertising across two studies. The results from Study 1 indicated that participants with a strong promotion focus were less cognizant of the commercial nature of the native ad when exposed to a native ad using an implicit disclosure label rather than one using an explicit disclosure label. More importantly, in Study 1, these participants expressed a stronger intention to share a native ad using an implicit disclosure label rather than one using an explicit disclosure label, whereas prevention-focused people reacted to native advertisements with an explicit label more positively than one using an implicit label. Study 2 further suggested that perceived persuasion intent could be the potential underlying mechanism that explained such an interaction effect. Theoretical and practical contributions of these findings are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"20 1","pages":"273 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15252019.2020.1773353","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44037161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Social Media Influencers Foster Relationships with Followers: The Roles of Source Credibility and Fairness in Parasocial Relationship and Product Interest","authors":"Shupei Yuan, Chen Lou","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2020.1769514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1769514","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Via the unprecedented interactivity of social media, social media personae can build strong relationships with followers. Such relationships, which carry great marketing potential, appeal to corporations and brands. Based on the literature of source credibility and communication justice, this study investigated the determinants of the parasocial relationship between social media influencers and their followers, as well as their effects on followers’ interests in the products advertised by influencers. The results of an online survey showed that followers’ perceived attractiveness of influencers, similarity to influencers, procedural fairness, and interpersonal fairness of their interactions with influencers are positively related to the strength of their parasocial relationship with influencers, which further mediates the effect of the aforementioned factors on followers’ interests in influencer-promoted products. The findings of this study explicate the mechanism through which influencers foster relationships with followers and also provide practitioners with insights on orchestrating strategic influencer campaigns.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"20 1","pages":"133 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15252019.2020.1769514","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42153906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Power of Social Media in Fashion Advertising","authors":"Shu-Chuan Chu, Yoo‐Kyoung Seock","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2020.1802955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1802955","url":null,"abstract":"In today’s digital era, as people increasingly spend their time online, social media has become a trendsetter for society. Social media platforms are now the primary source of information for consu...","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"20 1","pages":"93 - 94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15252019.2020.1802955","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43101598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Britt, Jameson L. Hayes, Brian C. Britt, Haseon Park
{"title":"Too Big to Sell? A Computational Analysis of Network and Content Characteristics among Mega and Micro Beauty and Fashion Social Media Influencers","authors":"R. Britt, Jameson L. Hayes, Brian C. Britt, Haseon Park","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2020.1763873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1763873","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Fashion and beauty brands leverage social media influencers to shape purchasing decisions, improve cost effectiveness, and reach wider audiences. New conventional wisdom has brands moving away from megainfluencers toward microinfluencers due to greater perceived relatability and trustworthiness. This study employs a novel computational approach integrating network analysis and computational text analysis to understand differences in content and its diffusion through mega- and microinfluencer Twitter networks. Findings debunk conventional wisdom that microinfluencers can best fill unique roles by forging intimate, emotion-laden interpersonal connections. While microinfluencers are more central to two-way dialogue within their networks, megainfluencers garner more affect directed toward them, indicating greater trust. Practical implications for the continued value of megainfluencers and the identification and development of promising microinfluencers are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"20 1","pages":"111 - 118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15252019.2020.1763873","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43201150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alcohol Brands Being Socially Responsible on Social Media? When and How Warning Conspicuity and Warning Integration Decrease the Efficacy of Alcohol Brand Posts among Under-Drinking-Age Youth","authors":"Chen Lou, Saleem Alhabash","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2020.1780651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1780651","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract While federal regulations and alcohol industry self-regulation have been exhorting alcohol advertisers to include warnings, such as legal drinking age, on alcohol advertisements, it is rare to see this practice on social media. This study investigated the effects of warning conspicuity and warning-ad claim integration on under-drinking-age youth’s reactions to beer brand posts on social media (i.e., Instagram) and explicated the underlying mechanisms. The findings demonstrate that large-sized warnings (versus small-sized warnings) and integrated warnings (versus nonintegrated warnings) attract more visual attention, respectively. When warnings are integrated to the focal claims of the brand posts, a big-sized warning evokes greater state reactance than a small-sized one. However, when the warning is separated from the claim, a small-sized warning triggers higher reactance than a big-sized one. Underage participants’ state reactance mediates the interaction effect of warning conspicuity and warning integration on brand attitudes and intentions to interact with the brand posts, which in turn affect their intentions to drink alcohol, respectively.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"20 1","pages":"148 - 163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15252019.2020.1780651","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44777971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}