{"title":"Hispanics’ Response to Ethnic Targeting Ads for Unhealthy Products: Examining the Roles of Endorser Identification and Endorser–Product Matchup","authors":"J. Mundel, Jing Yang","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2021.2014371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2021.2014371","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Hispanics are the largest minority in the United States, making this segment attractive for brands. Yet, little research has focused on Hispanic consumer behavior on social media. We investigated the roles of endorser identification and the perceived matchup between the endorser and the product in influencing Hispanic consumers’ attitudes and purchase intentions. Results show that identification with Hispanic models leads to stronger ad attitudes and purchase intentions for unhealthy products. Perceived matchup between the endorser and the product significantly moderates the positive effect of endorser type on consumers’ purchase intentions. Implications for scholars and practitioners are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"28 - 41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47751216","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":"Trends in Influencer Marketing: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis","authors":"A. Tanwar, H. Chaudhry, M. Srivastava","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2021.2007822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2021.2007822","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Influencer marketing has steadily grown in the past decade as a strategy utilized by digital marketers for spreading brand messages with the help of social media influencers (SMIs). The main objective of this study is to review the academic literature related to influencer marketing between 2011 and 2019 with the help of both bibliometric analysis and content analysis. This review uses the Bibliometrix R-tool and the BiblioShiny app for data analysis and scientific mapping. This review presents a background of how influencer marketing research has evolved and examines the performance analysis based on sources, authors, documents, countries, and keywords. In addition, different knowledge structures were examined and interpreted to determine the most influential aspects of the literature. The trends observed in this research area from the content analysis and bibliometric analysis in terms of the significant methods, theories, emergent topics, thematic evolution, models, variables, industry focus, platforms used, leading research streams, data sources, and context of studies are the focus of the Discussion section. Finally, based on the findings of this analysis, future research directions are recommended to offer the potential to advance research on influencer marketing and SMIs.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"1 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48581902","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":"Parents’ Responses to Child-Targeted Influencer Advertising: An Investigation Using the Persuasion Knowledge Model","authors":"Jessica Castonguay, Nicole M. Messina","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2028202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2028202","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Research in the field of children and media has long had a heavy focus on children’s understandings and evaluations of advertising, noting the importance of parental mediation to protect children from unfairly being influenced. However, little is known regarding parents’ own understanding and evaluations of advertising, particularly in newer and more subtle media formats. This study therefore uses the persuasion knowledge model (PKM) to investigate parents’ responses to influencers’ product placement in YouTube videos, as well as whether this is associated with greater monitoring of children’s social media use and/or more negative evaluations of promoted brands. Findings suggest that most parents judge product placement in influencers’ YouTube videos to be generally appropriate and evaluate promoted brands positively as long as they find the content of the video appealing. They also engage in parental mediation, particularly when their own Internet skills are sufficient. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"42 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44134494","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 Personalization Paradox in Facebook Advertising: The Mediating Effect of Relevance on the Personalization–Brand Attitude Relationship and the Moderating Effect of Intrusiveness","authors":"J. D. de Groot","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2022.2032492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2022.2032492","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Advertisers increasingly use personal information in social media advertisements as a strategy to promote positive brand attitudes. Personalized ads can be perceived as both positive and negative. This two-sided effect of personalization refers to the personalization paradox. An online experiment (N = 209), in which the level of personalization was manipulated in a Facebook setting, aimed to provide a potential explanation for this paradox. The findings showed that a highly personalized ad resulted in stronger perceived personalization than a less personalized ad. Furthermore, the stronger the perceived personalization, the stronger the relevance. The relevance of the ad positively influenced brand attitude and fully mediated the relationship between personalization and attitude. However, in line with the assumptions of the information boundary theory, the more the ad was perceived as intrusive, the weaker the relevance–attitude relationship, thereby showing a boundary condition for the effectiveness of personalized information when targeting consumers on Facebook.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"22 1","pages":"57 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44238316","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":"Signaling Consumer Impressions with CSR Support on Social Media: The Roles of Industry Stigma and Consumer Self-Disclosure","authors":"Hyun Ju Jeong, M. Jiang","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2021.2000524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2021.2000524","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Through the impression management lens of consumers, this experimental study investigates when and how consumers regulate their images on social media through their divergent reactions to corporate social responsibility (CSR) advertising. Results show that consumers who disclose themselves infrequently and discriminately on social media (low self-disclosure) perceive the lower social value of CSR engagement in managing their impressions when CSR is for stigmatized industries (gambling) than nonstigmatized industries (amusement park). The degraded social value of CSR engagement is a psychological mediator underlying how consumers mitigate their engagement intention for stigmatized industries, which further leads to a lower intention to purchase cause-related products. However, consumers with high self-disclosure behavior perceive a high value from CSR engagement and actively engage in CSR regardless of industry stigma. The study highlights strategic approaches to social media and target segmentation for the sin industries to attenuate the blanket effect of industry stigma on their CSR advertising.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"21 1","pages":"256 - 268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45728991","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":"Attention to Social Media Ads: The Role of Consumer Recommendations and Smartphones","authors":"E. Maslowska, Jakob Ohme, C. Segijn","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2021.1997675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2021.1997675","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite the increasing presence of advertising on social media, research looking into the relative effects of social media ads is limited and highly dependent on either self-report or basic engagement metrics (e.g., likes). Our understanding of social media advertising is further complicated by (1) constantly changing advertising strategies, such as inclusion of consumer recommendations, and (2) the role of the device used to access social media. In an eye-tracking study (n = 121), we investigate whether consumers dedicate different levels of attention to an ad in a social media newsfeed depending on consumer recommendation (with versus without) and type of device (smartphone versus desktop personal computer [PC]). To increase ecological validity, this study uses a scrollable social media feed in combination with a mobile eye tracker. We find that consumers pay similar attention to the social media ad across recommendation conditions and devices. The results of this study suggest that the effects of advertisements may be smaller than previously assumed and call for more research using more realistic and dynamic exposure situations.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"21 1","pages":"283 - 296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47298314","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":"Interacting with Social Media Ads: Effects of Carousel Advertising and Message Type on Health Outcomes","authors":"Lewen Wei, Guolan Yang, Heather Shoenberger, Fuyuan Shen","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2021.1977736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2021.1977736","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Carousel advertisements (ads) on social media provide consumers with the opportunity to scroll left and right when reading an ad’s content. Such an interactive advertising format has great potential to elevate consumers’ interactive and engagement experience with ads, which might be further linked with increased advertising effectiveness. The present study sets out to explore the efficacy of carousel advertising for communicating public health issues by considering both media-specific (i.e., noncarousel versus carousel) and message-specific (i.e., statistics versus narrative) characteristics. Through two experiments, we found reading carousel ads increased participants’ control perception, which was positively associated with their message engagement and then favorable ad-related outcomes. Yet, contrary to predictions, the narrative-based carousel ad was found to be no more interactive or engaging than the statistics-based one in affecting perceptual and attitudinal outcomes. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings for interactive advertising research.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"21 1","pages":"269 - 282"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42925189","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}
Ahmed Taher, Doaa M. El-Banna, Noha Alaa El Dine, N. Hamdy
{"title":"Veiled on Instagram? Representation of Veiled versus Nonveiled Women in Western and Egyptian Instagram Posts","authors":"Ahmed Taher, Doaa M. El-Banna, Noha Alaa El Dine, N. Hamdy","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2021.2002742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2021.2002742","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study uses visual, quantitative content analysis to examine whether there is a significant difference in the representation of veiled versus nonveiled women in branded Instagram posts. We also tested the representation of women in Western and Egyptian branded Instagram posts. We used a sample of 200 branded Instagram posts created to promote products and services. The study tested five categories based on Goffman’s and then Kang’s gender analysis models: feminine touch, ritualization of subordination, licensed withdrawal, body display, and independence. We report a significant difference in body display between veiled women in Western versus Egyptian brands’ Instagram posts, as well as between veiled and nonveiled models in Western brands’ posts. We also found that both veiled and nonveiled women in Western brands’ posts show significantly more feminine touch compared to Egyptian brands.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"21 1","pages":"306 - 314"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48070534","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 Political Interest and Gender Influence Persuasion Knowledge, Political Information Seeking, and Support for Regulation of Political Advertising in Social Media","authors":"M. Nelson, C. Ham, E. Haley, Ungyoung Chung","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2021.1978352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2021.1978352","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Political advertising in the United States is regulated differently from commercial advertising, and regulations vary by media. The relative lack of regulations on social media has led to the dissemination of false information, often without source disclosure, which is harmful to democracy. In response, in a self-regulatory capacity, Twitter stopped accepting political advertising in 2019, launching a debate over political advertising regulation. We explore voters’ support for regulation of political advertising on social media (as a social or societal outcome of persuasion knowledge), with a focus on how persuasion knowledge of political advertising is related to such support. Our quota sample survey of 208 U.S. voters revealed that political interest in the topic serves as a key moderator in understanding how political information seeking and persuasion knowledge relate to support for regulations. Gender differences in political interest, information seeking, and persuasion knowledge were also found. Men were more likely than women to score higher on these constructs. Considering the role of interest in and information seeking on the topic (i.e., politics) is important for understanding how persuasion knowledge operates.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"21 1","pages":"225 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45707280","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":"Commenting on Brand Posts during a Crisis: The Relationship between Context-Induced Moods and Brand Message Processing across Three Social Media Platforms","authors":"Yang Feng, Linwan Wu","doi":"10.1080/15252019.2021.1994060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2021.1994060","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Within the context of COVID-19, this study examines the relationship between context-induced moods and consumers’ responses to two different types of brand posts on social media: profit-driven posts and public-driven posts. Using both social media data (24,578 user comments on 14 brand posts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) and survey data (356 subjects recruited from Amazon.com’s Mechanical Turk), we found that across all three social media platforms (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter), the more negative mood one was in when using a social media platform during the pandemic, the more likely one would leave a comment to praise the company endorser of the public-driven post (comment type 5) as opposed to leaving a comment to discuss serious issues, shedding light on the prediction of negative-state relief model. By contrast, across all three social media platforms, there is no relationship between context-induced moods and types of comments people leave on a profit-driven brand post. We provide theoretical, practical, and methodological implications for future research.","PeriodicalId":37217,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interactive Advertising","volume":"21 1","pages":"243 - 255"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47523573","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}