{"title":"Exploring the Effect of Synced Brand versus Competitor Brand on Brand Attitudes and Purchase Intentions","authors":"Garim Lee, Asma Sifaoui, C. Segijn","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2023.2200777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2023.2200777","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract With exponential technology advancement and innovation, consumers can now receive synchronized advertising across media simultaneously. However, programmatic advertising technologies allow many brands, including competing brands, to be synchronized across media. Based on the concept of repetition from the multilayered concept of relatedness, this research investigated the effects of synced brand versus competitor brand with an online scenario–based experiment (Study 1; N = 122) and an online task experiment (Study 2; N = 227). The results showed a positive effect of synced brand on brand attitude and purchase intentions but only in the scenario-based studies. This research is, to our knowledge, the first to show empirically that synced advertising with the same brand versus a competitor brand may lead to favorable consumer responses. The findings contribute to academic thinking toward the effects of personalized advertising frameworks and provide insights to advertising practitioners regarding the impact of cross-media personalization strategies.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"23 1","pages":"149 - 165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48298236","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}
José A. Flecha-Ortiz, Vivian Feliberty-Lugo, María Santos-Corrada, Evelyn Lopez, Virgin Dones
{"title":"Hedonic and Utilitarian Gratifications to the Use of TikTok by Generation Z and the Parasocial Relationships with Influencers as a Mediating Force to Purchase Intention","authors":"José A. Flecha-Ortiz, Vivian Feliberty-Lugo, María Santos-Corrada, Evelyn Lopez, Virgin Dones","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2023.2195403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2023.2195403","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract New social network platforms such as TikTok have grown into new, more interactive content formats that appeal to younger generational groups. Through uses and gratifications (U&G) theory, we examined how hedonic gratifications through passive use of TikTok gratify utilitarian needs, triggering active use as self-expression and social interaction. We also examined how self-expression and social interaction drive user-generated content and parasocial relationships (PSR) with the influencers as a mediating force to purchase intention. A research model was established and analyzed using structural equation modeling through an online survey of 403 TikTok users and members of Generation Z. The data reflected that TikTok significantly gratifies modality-based gratifications and agency-based gratifications and interactive-based gratifications in Generation Z users. The data also identified that the cognitive, affective, and behavioral aspects of PSR do not occur separately. Instead, they act systematically as specific needs are met through U&G.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"23 1","pages":"114 - 127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45154783","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":"#Sponsored: Understanding the Boundary Conditions of Resistance Coping Activation in Influencer Advertising","authors":"Albena Pergelova, Alysha Hachey","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2023.2196549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2023.2196549","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Influencer advertising has sparked controversy among both consumers and regulators, in that influencer advertising’s very effectiveness is built on deceit, because consumers are often unaware of the persuasive intent. Empirical evidence on influencer advertising is built largely on the premise that disclosure will activate consumers’ reactance, as consumers will recognize the persuasive intent. Using a mixed-method approach (focus groups and survey), we contribute to the growing body of research on influencer advertising by demonstrating the role of three important boundary conditions in the relationship between knowledge of persuasive intent and activation of “resistant coping” mechanisms: trust, overconfidence, and transparency. Based on our focus-group results, we propose that two groups of outcome variables need further research attention: (1) consumers’ moral and affective advertising literacy and (2) other individual-level psychological outcomes, such as cognitive dissonance and reduced control over one’s time and productivity. In our further empirical test, we focus more specifically on perceptions of moral appropriateness of advertising, and we illustrate its importance for understanding how influencer advertising works.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"23 1","pages":"128 - 148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44773109","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 “Mixed” Reality of Virtual Brand Endorsers: Understanding the Effect of Brand Engagement and Social Cues on Technological Perceptions and Advertising Effectiveness","authors":"J. Ham, Sitan Li, Pratik Shah, M. Eastin","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2023.2185557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2023.2185557","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Within the context of virtual human influencers, the current study adds to the growing literature examining the impact of a social media–based mix of reality and virtuality on perceived anthropomorphism and authenticity, in addition to the subsequent effects on advertising perceptions and implicit behavior. Through an experimental design with 242 participants, data suggest that while some elements of realism and product engagement levels do increase anthropomorphic and authenticity perceptions, the effects significantly attenuate when the virtual influencer is engaging with too much reality in a single social media post, such as consuming a real-world branded product with a real human. Further, data suggest that presenting virtual influencers within a “mixed” reality social media–based environment can lead to implicit product selection through endorser and brand credibility and attitude toward the brand.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"23 1","pages":"98 - 113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48450567","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}
Mirela Silva, Luiz H. F. Giovanini, Juliana Fernandes, Daniela Oliveira, Catia S. Silva
{"title":"What Makes Disinformation Ads Engaging? A Case Study of Facebook Ads from the Russian Active Measures Campaign","authors":"Mirela Silva, Luiz H. F. Giovanini, Juliana Fernandes, Daniela Oliveira, Catia S. Silva","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2023.2173991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2023.2173991","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article examines 3,517 Facebook ads created by Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) between June 2015 and August 2017 in its Active Measures disinformation campaign targeting the 2016 U.S. presidential election. We aimed to unearth the relationship between ad engagement (ad clicks) and 40 features related to the ads’ metadata, psychological meaning, and sentiment. The purpose of our analysis was to (1) understand the relationship between engagement and features, (2) find the most relevant feature subsets to predict engagement via feature selection, and (3) find the semantic topics that best characterize the data set via topic modeling. We found that investment features (e.g., ad spend, ad lifetime), caption length, and sentiment were the top features predicting users’ engagement with the ads. In addition, positive sentiment ads were more engaging than negative ads, and psycholinguistic features (e.g., use of religion-relevant words) were identified as highly important in the makeup of an engaging disinformation ad. Linear support vector machines (SVMs) and logistic regression classifiers achieved the highest mean F scores (93.6%), revealing that the optimal feature subset contains 12 and six features, respectively. Finally, we corroborate the findings of previous research that the IRA specifically targeted Americans on divisive ad topics (e.g., LGBT rights) and advance a definition of disinformation advertising.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"23 1","pages":"221 - 240"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49164489","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":"Engaging in Dialogues: The Impact of Comment Valence and Influencer-Viewer Interaction on the Effectiveness of YouTube Influencer Marketing","authors":"Mingzhi Xiao","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2023.2167501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2023.2167501","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract YouTube is a popular social marketing platform. Marketers or advertisers can collaborate with a YouTube influencer to present marketing messages. However, negative user-generated comments may affect the effectiveness of message delivery. Thus, one pretest and two main studies were conducted to investigate the influence of negative comments on consumers and the strategy to combat the negativity. The first study examined the influence of comment valence on product attitude and perceived trustworthiness of influencer. The second study examined how the increased frequency of influencer–viewer interaction mitigated the damage inflicted by negative comments. The findings of the studies reveal that negative comments have a strong influence on consumers. However, if an influencer is actively replying to negative comments, the negative influence is likely to be mitigated. Theoretical and practical contributions of the studies were discussed.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"23 1","pages":"166 - 186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47744760","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}
E. V. van Reijmersdal, Eline Brussee, Nathaniel J. Evans, Bartosz W. Wojdynski
{"title":"Disclosure-Driven Recognition of Native Advertising: A Test of Two Competing Mechanisms","authors":"E. V. van Reijmersdal, Eline Brussee, Nathaniel J. Evans, Bartosz W. Wojdynski","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2146991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2146991","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study aims to contribute to the literature by examining how two opposite-valanced mechanisms (activation of conceptual persuasion knowledge and perceived transparency of the native advertising) explain positive and negative effects of sponsorship disclosures on brand responses (i.e., brand attitude and purchase intentions) and by examining the role of message source. An experiment (N = 133) showed that disclosures of native advertising decreased persuasion via activated persuasion knowledge: Readers who understood that a blog post was a form of advertising due to a disclosure showed more attitudinal-persuasion knowledge, which in turn led to less positive brand attitudes and lower purchase intention. However, the disclosure also enhanced persuasion via perceptions of transparency of the blog post: due to the disclosure, the blog post was perceived as more transparent, which resulted in less attitudinal-persuasion knowledge and in more positive attitudes toward the brand and higher purchase intentions. Source did not moderate these mediation effects. By incorporating two competing mechanisms, this study offers important new insights into the theoretical mechanisms that explain advertising disclosure effects.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"23 1","pages":"85 - 97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48443594","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}
Z. M. V. van Berlo, E. V. van Reijmersdal, G. van Noort
{"title":"Experiencing Branded Apps: Direct and Indirect Effects of Engagement Experiences on Continued Branded App Use","authors":"Z. M. V. van Berlo, E. V. van Reijmersdal, G. van Noort","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2163859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2163859","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study aimed to gain insight into how people engage with branded apps and adopted the media engagement framework to examine how different types of engagement experiences are associated with the continued use of branded apps. In this study, three types of engagement experiences were identified that are important in the context of branded apps: (1) hedonic, (2) utilitarian, and (3) symbolic engagement experiences. A cross-sectional survey study was conducted among a sample of 298 Dutch smartphone users. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used for the analyses. The results demonstrate that, overall, branded app engagement experiences affect continued app use in two distinct ways: indirectly, via app attitude, through hedonic and utilitarian experiences, and directly through symbolic experiences.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"23 1","pages":"73 - 83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48634885","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}
Chen Lou, Xu Zhou, X. Huang, Goh Xin Yun, Lee Yan Jie, Loon Kin Tat Bryan, Por Xin Rong
{"title":"Flattering Me in the Right Way: Exploring Language Use and Ethnic Cues in Localized Advertising Among Singaporean Consumers","authors":"Chen Lou, Xu Zhou, X. Huang, Goh Xin Yun, Lee Yan Jie, Loon Kin Tat Bryan, Por Xin Rong","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2163858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2163858","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Global brands have been experimenting with localized advertising strategies, such as using local languages, to build rapport with ethnic consumers. This study examines the assumptions of communication accommodation theory and offers new insights. Specifically, in a Singapore context that boasts two English language systems (i.e., standard English and Singlish), this study investigates how language variation in ad copy, the use of ethnic cues, and product type interact in affecting consumer responses. The results of study 1 reveal that, for a utilitarian product (laptop), Singlish ads (vs. English ads) are less favored by Singaporeans when ethnic cues also appear in the ads, whereas Singlish and English ad copy lead to equivalent levels of ad attitudes and brand attitudes when there are no ethnic cues. However, for a hedonic product (coffee), English (vs. Singlish) ad copy elicits more favorable brand attitudes regardless of whether ethnic cues are present in the ads. In study 2, we further test the interaction effect found in study 1 by adopting a different utilitarian product (office chair). Our findings of study 2 replicate the interaction effect between language use and ethnic cues on ad attitudes and brand attitudes found in study 1. The findings of this study yield theoretical and practical implications for global brands to design effective localized advertisements.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"23 1","pages":"55 - 72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44532483","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":"Cognitive Load and Social Media Advertising","authors":"Matthew Pittman, E. Haley","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2144780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2144780","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Social media engagement requires cognitive resources, which subsequently impact the advertisements consumers see while browsing. For the most part, however, advertising practitioners and scholars still study social media ads and messages as if they will receive users’ full attention and cognition. This study has two main contributions. First, we demonstrate that the use of social media induces a measurable degree of cognitive load, presumably because the variety of networking and media components requires users to hold multiple evaluation schemas in working memory. Second, we show that while under cognitive load, participants rely on cues (e.g., number of likes and comments) that trigger heuristics to influence purchase intentions. However, product involvement was found to serve as a boundary condition wherein those under cognitive load did not rely on cues when they had higher involvement with the advertised product. Drawing on the limited capacity model of motivated mediated message processing (LC4MP), this research tests the proposed hypotheses using a pilot study and three experimental studies to provide converging evidence for the influence of social media use on heuristics and subsequent purchase intentions. Analysis of thought elicitation further supports our proposed effect of cognitive load on consumer decision making. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"23 1","pages":"33 - 54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43644503","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}