Background - Due to the rapid growth of the Internet and use of e-commerce in recent years, viral marketing has drawn the attention of manufacturing and service organizations. However, no research has been conducted to examine the impact of message appeal and message source credibility on...

Given that consumers value quality, and such advertising content informs consumers' beliefs about quality, it is not surprising that high quality brands emphasize quality in their advertising content. What is less obvious is whether firms with lower quality brands should also follow suit and...

The relationship between advertising effectiveness and behavioural intentions is assessed when involvement with the product is introduced as a direct covariant effect, rather than as a moderator. Advertising effectiveness is assessed through attitude towards the ad and advertising cognition....

The paper is based on information which is a combination of store advertisement and consumers' path inside the store along with product information. With this information, the authors find how advertisement affects the behavior of consumers when making the decision. The findings suggest that...

In the world of changing business scenario, consumers interest towards protection of environment are raising dramatically and their consumption also getting change noticeably towards the protection of environment. It is evident from a study, In India around 25 percentages of the consumers prefer...

The recent growth of consumer-generated media (CGM), also known as “new” media, has changed the nature of interaction between consumers and firms from unidirectional to bidirectional. However, CGM are almost always present alongside traditional media such as TV advertising. This research...

Celebrity endorsement has been established as one of the most popular tools of advertising in recent time. It has become a trend and perceived as a winning formula for product marketing and brand building. It is easy to choose a celebrity but it is tough to establish a strong association between...

This book chapter develops an extensive model of the processing of rhetorical works (i.e., figurative language and visual rhetoric). The model synthesizes two theories - experimental aesthetics, which has explained the processing of creative works (e.g., art, geometric shapes, music, and product...

This study identifies the predictors of Indian consumers’ attitude-toward-advertising-in-general, using an inventory of 28 belief statements developed by Pollay and Mittal (1993). The population for the study comprised the general public from 7 North Indian States (Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir,...

This is an exploratory study about rational and emotional appeals, and the use of gender-role stereotypes, in advertisements for B2B products and services in an emerging economy. From print ads in trade journals, the authors culled data on the type of appeal – rational/emotional, the type of...