{"title":"Using Influencers to Build Self–Brand Connections: The Impact of Influencer Presence, Ad Source, and Consumer Age","authors":"Jamie L. Grigsby, Jenifer Skiba","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2096157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2096157","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite the growing popularity of influencer advertising among advertisers, little is known regarding influencer advertising effectiveness, particularly in relation to advertising design factors. The current research seeks to address this gap by exploring how influencer presence (whether or not the influencer appears in the ad) and ad source (whether the brand or the influencer posts the ad to social media) interact with consumer age to influence self–brand connections. It suggests that influencer presence can positively influence self–brand connections; however, the effectiveness of influencers is limited for younger consumers. It highlights the importance of building self–brand connections through influencer advertising by showing a positive relationship with brand attitudes and likelihood to spread electronic word-of-mouth.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"207 - 222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47417325","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":"Does Influencer–Follower Relationship Matter? Exploring How Relationship Norms and Influencer–Product Congruence Affect Advertising Effectiveness across Product Categories","authors":"Ilyoung Ju, Chen Lou","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2087809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2087809","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study examines how influencer–product congruence and relationship norms (i.e., exchange versus communal) between an influencer and followers affect consumer responses to influencer-sponsored ads. In Study 1, in a low-involvement product condition (sunscreen), we found that relationship norms moderate the effect of influencer–product congruence on source credibility and brand attitudes. In particular, if the influencer–follower relationship is perceived as exchange oriented, participants in an influencer–product-congruent condition perceive higher credibility of the influencer and thus indicate more favorable brand attitudes toward the influencer-sponsored ad than those in a noncongruence condition. However, if the relationship is communal oriented, influencer–product congruence does not significantly affect participants’ responses. Source credibility mediates the interaction effect between congruence and relationship norms on brand attitudes. In Study 2, we further examined how product involvement interacts with influencer–product congruence, as well as relationship norms. We found a significant three-way interaction effect among the three constructs, such that the significant moderating effect of relationship norms on influencer–product congruence is evident in a low-product-involvement condition but not in a high-product-involvement condition.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"157 - 177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42428357","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":"Evolving Consumer Responses to Social Issue Campaigns: A Data-Mining Case of COVID-19 Ads on YouTube","authors":"Yang Feng, Huan Chen","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2063770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2063770","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Based on previous literature on comment-ranking algorithms and the role of popular opinion, we propose a data-mining approach to monitor evolving consumer responses to social issue campaigns. In particular, the proposed approach can (1) identify top-ranked comments on a social issue campaign in the dynamic social media environment and then (2) retrieve popular opinion from the top-ranked comments from a longitudinal perspective. To illustrate how to use the approach, we tracked the development of popular opinion contained in top-ranked comments posted about five COVID-19 brand videos that adopted different frames (i.e., employee appreciation, donation, call to action, frontline worker appreciation, and brand promotion). Results indicated that popular opinion resonates with the donation, frontline worker appreciation, and brand promotion frames, whereas popular opinion subverts the employee appreciation and call-to-action frames. The study has important methodological implications for advertising scholars and practitioners.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"195 - 206"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42411026","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 Effect of Ad Authenticity on Advertising Value and Consumer Engagement: A Case Study of COVID-19 Video Ads","authors":"M. Jiang, Jing Yang, Eunsin Joo, Taeyoung Kim","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2035282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2035282","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study explored the role of ad authenticity in influencing consumers’ ad evaluations and their engagement intention in the context of COVID-19 video advertising. Results showed that aside from informativeness and entertainment, three dimensions of ad authenticity—brand essence, realistic plot, and message credibility—were positively related to consumers’ evaluation of ad value, which further increased ad attitude and social media engagement intention. Interestingly, a realistic plot was the strongest predictor of advertising value, with informativeness as the weakest predictor. Our findings suggest that such a shift of emphasis on content-specific ad authenticity would increase the effectiveness of pandemic-related brand communication on social media. Implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"178 - 186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49026640","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":"Avoidance and Acceptance of Native Advertising on Social Media: Applications of Consumer Social Intelligence, Persuasion Knowledge, and the Typology of Consumer Responses","authors":"Joonghwa Lee, Soojung Kim, C. Ham, Ayoung Seok","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2065389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2065389","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite its growing popularity and importance, little research has been done to understand what mechanism drives consumers to avoid or accept native advertising on social media. This study applied the ideas of consumer social intelligence, persuasion knowledge (PK), and the typology of consumer response strategy to examine how consumers’ naive theory of persuasion is associated with their evaluation of the persuasion, which in turn relates with sentry-seeker response strategy to native ads on social media. The results of an online survey (n = 503) revealed that consumers’ naive theory about digital advertising is significantly associated with their skepticism but not with perceived fairness. Both skepticism and fairness, however, are interchangeably related to manipulative (irritation and intrusiveness) and cooperative (entertainment and informative value) evaluations to native ads, which in turn have crossover relationships with the sentry (avoidance) and seeker (acceptance) response strategies. Interestingly, consumers’ skepticism was directly and negatively associated with their seeker strategy. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"141 - 156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45681672","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":"Social Media Fatigue and Privacy: An Exploration of Antecedents to Consumers’ Concerns regarding the Security of Their Personal Information on Social Media Platforms","authors":"L. Bright, Kelty Logan, H. Lim","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2051097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2051097","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study examined U.S. Facebook users’ privacy concerns and how those concerns, the Facebook users’ perceived abilities to protect their privacy on social media, their perceptions and intentions regarding social media advertising, and their prior experience with data breaches affected their likelihood of experiencing social media fatigue. While previous research has identified general privacy concerns as a contributing factor to social media fatigue, this study proposed that privacy concerns mediate the effect of the other, identified variables to predict social media fatigue, thus contributing to the existing literature by conceptually integrating privacy calculus theory (PCT) and privacy protection motivation theory (PPMT) into a model that demonstrates the pivotal role of privacy concerns as a predictor of social media fatigue. The results indicated that, regarding consumer engagement with social media advertising, the conceptualization of the privacy paradox should not be limited to an assessment of perceived risks and benefits; it should also include users’ self-assessments of their ability to manage their personal data.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"125 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47425818","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":"Awareness and Perceived Appropriateness of Synced Advertising in Dutch Adults","authors":"S. C. Boerman, C. Segijn","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2046216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2046216","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study provides insight into Dutch adults’ awareness and perceptions of cross-media personalized advertising with a focus on synced advertising (SA). A survey among a representative sample of the Dutch population (N = 1,994) shows that the majority of people (>70%) are familiar with the collection, use, and sharing of information about their media behavior. People are less familiar with SA, which involves presenting targeted ads to consumers based on their current media behavior. Less than half of our sample (45%) were familiar with SA, and only 29% had ever experienced SA. The majority (75%) found SA (very) inappropriate. Moreover, our results showed that adults with low conspiracy mentality, those not concerned about their privacy, older adults, less-educated adults, and women are less aware of the collection, use, and sharing of media behavior and are less familiar with SA, and thus could benefit from literacy interventions to improve their understanding and resilience.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"187 - 194"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46617459","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":"Are Intrusiveness and Sexual Images Effective in Advertisements? The Influence of Ad Format and Sexually Appealing Content on Mobile News Consumers","authors":"J. Yoo, Doohee Lee, Jongmin Park","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2048753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2048753","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We examined the association of intrusive and sexually appealing advertisements in a mobile news environment with audiences’ perceptions of the content and reactive behaviors. Based on the psychological reactance theory, we conducted a 2 × 2 (sexual ad versus nonsexual ad × highly intrusive ad versus low intrusive ad) full factorial experimental design measuring associations with behavioral ad avoidance and ad memory (recall and recognition). The results indicate that users were more concerned to avoid pop-up ads than banner ads. Also, we observed significant main effects of intrusiveness and sexual appeals in advertisements on audiences’ recall of ads. Our findings call into question the effectiveness of advertising that relies on intrusive exposure and sexual images.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"113 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47400402","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":"Femluencing: Integration of Femvertising and Influencer Marketing on Social Media","authors":"Sangeeta Sharma, Arpan Bumb","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2032493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2032493","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The multifold increase in influencer marketing has sparked debates about the mechanism of influencer marketing on social media. Although the research on influencer marketing is escalating, its integration with other forms of advertising to facilitate positive outcomes is unexplored. This article introduces the new research concept of femluencing, which is influencer marketing coupled with femvertising. This article attempts to integrate influencing with femvertising and provides an outline of femluencing by integrating the aspects of femvertising and influencer marketing. In addition to laying the foundation of femluencing, 25 social media influencers (SMIs) were interviewed to identify their perceptions about utilizing femluencing. The study develops a model from the past literature and responses from our interviews with SMIs.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"95 - 111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49327571","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 Influence of Perceived Personalization in TV Advertising Targeting Children on Parental Advertising Mediation: Implications for Addressable TV Advertising","authors":"S. Holiday, Nancy H. Brinson","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2037029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2037029","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Parents understand and are concerned about the influence that personalized advertising, designed to more directly engage and influence their children, is having on the youngest consumers. Research on antecedents of parental advertising mediation primarily focuses on individual consumer factors (e.g., parents’ sense of empowerment and locus of control), while largely overlooking the forms of advertising that are catalysts for the mediation of children’s advertising exposure. The present study empirically examines these two factors—a specific form of advertising (i.e., personalized advertising that targets children via addressable TV) and individual factors (i.e., perceptions of children’s susceptibility to those personalized messages)—and their combined influence on the active or restrictive advertising mediation of 147 parent respondents of children ages three to 12. Findings indicate that parents’ perceptions that an ad that is personalized to their children positively influences their active and restrictive advertising mediation behaviors. The results also indicate that this influence, in the case of restrictive advertising mediation, is partially mediated by the belief that their children are susceptible to the message. These findings suggest that both parents’ perceptions about the personalized nature of TV ads as well as the intuited susceptibility of their children to such messages play a role in determining parents’ advertising mediation behaviors. Practical and theoretical implications are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"75 - 94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41553858","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}