Furchtappelle sind persuasive Botschaften, die eine Bedrohung schildern und so das Gefühl der Furcht auslösen möchten. Anschließend wird eine Handlungsempfehlung zur Abwendung dieser Bedrohung gegeben. Man erhofft sich, dass der Rezipient, motiviert durch die Furcht, nun seine Einstellung...

We examine the scope and value of targeted advertising in the magazine industry. We use data on reader characteristics at individual media, in contrast to previous work that has needed to infer this information from aggregate data. Our results show a strong relationship between subscriber...

Previous literature has suggested that newspaper publishers should optimize how they advertise their online subscriptions. However, empirical findings on the effectiveness of advertising messages in increasing people’s willingness to pay for such online subscriptions are still rare. Therefore,...

This paper examines how the ability of traditional media firms to engage in targeted advertising has changed with the advent of the Internet. We find that the premium for reaching a homogeneous audience increases for magazines that have a companion website, as well as for those whose readers are...