This document summarizes a research paper that investigated the influence of information seeking behavior on attitudes towards advertising using a structural equation modeling approach. The study found that information seekers have more positive attitudes towards advertising compared to non-information seekers. Demographic factors like gender were found to influence information seeking behavior. The most frequently referred information sources for both information seekers and non-information seekers was the internet. The research model tested showed that information seeking behavior positively impacts attitudes towards advertising. The document provides background on factors influencing attitudes towards advertising and the characteristics of information seekers.
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The study was undertaken with a purpose to study the attitude of students towards T.V advertisements on economic and social aspects. The sample comprised of 100 students selected by random sampling technique from Panjab University, Chandigarh. The findings revealed that advertisement helps to raise our standard of living whereas in social aspect an advertisement produces potentially negative side effects. Apart from that, the research serves as a good baseline for future research.
The Wisdom of Some Do We Always Need HighConsensus to Shape.docxpelise1
The Wisdom of Some: Do We Always Need High
Consensus to Shape Consumer Behavior?
Michael R. Sciandra, Cait Lamberton, and
Rebecca Walker Reczek
From the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to prompt healthier eating to the Environmental Protection
Agency’s desire to prompt people to engage in environmentally friendly behaviors, a wide range of policy
makers aim to persuade consumers. To do so, they must decide how and whether to use information about
the behavior of other consumers as part of their persuasive message. In four experimental studies, the
authors demonstrate that the persuasive advantage of high- versus low-consensus information depends
on the target consumer’s trait level of susceptibility to interpersonal influence (SII). Low-SII consumers
differentiate between low- and high-consensus information, such that they are more persuaded by
high-consensus information. In contrast, high-SII consumers find any cue about the behavior of others
persuasive, regardless of whether it is high or low consensus. Importantly, this finding suggests that policy
makers may find success motivating behavioral change even in low-consensus situations. The authors close
by reporting data from two broadscale correlational surveys that identify behavioral, psychographic, and
demographic characteristics related to consumer SII as well as domains in which low consensus currently
exists, so that policy makers can identify and target these individuals and related issues.
Keywords: persuasion, susceptibility to interpersonal influence, social norms marketing, consensus, social proof
P
olicy makers often want to persuade people to change
their thoughts and behaviors. For example, politicians
frequently stump for votes, advocate for change, and seek
support for new policies or legislation. Similarly, state and local
governmental agencies and nonprofit nongovernmental orga-
nizations (NGOs) continually encourage consumers to engage
in a multitude of desirable behaviors, including eating healthy
foods, staying physically active, recycling, and conserving en-
ergy. As such, policy makers frequently employ persuasive
messages designed to encourage specific behaviors. For ex-
ample, in May 2015, New York City launched a campaign de-
signed to reduce consumer waste and generated awareness
through persuasive messages on buses and subways and in
digital communications (Gerlat 2015).
Prior research in psychology and marketing has indicated that
the success of such persuasive messages is largely contingent on
two factors: (1) the credibility of the message source (i.e., the
policy maker or organization; Petty and Briñol 2008) and (2) the
strength or quality of the message argument (i.e., how strong
a case is made for the advocated attitude or behavior; Petty and
Cacioppo 1984). In general, most policy makers are endowed
with source credibility by virtue of political power (in the case of
elected officials), legal authority (e.g., state and local govern-
ment age.
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ABSTRACT:Objective: This research is motivated by the world situation, all countries are squirming out of
economic stagnation. The commercial message is a moving symbol of the industry. Post-pandemic, commercial
messages show their creativity to look more attractive. Commercial messages on the one hand are needed to find
information on products and services. Commercial messaging is also needed in providing alternative options. In
the midst of the dense frequency and intensity of impressions, commercial messages are able to compete with
other media content. On the other hand, some people avoid commercial messages with skip behavior, because
commercial messages are considered annoying and boring. Others enjoy commercial messaging as entertaining
and fun content. There are viewers who want a commercial message but some who don't. method: The research
uncovered pleasant commercial messages. A pleasant message will create an effective commercial message
because the commercial message is able to be conveyed to the viewer. Commercial messages were studied with
phenomenological analysis as a method from Smith.
Results: The messages as findings are proposed by presenting a different angle from previous research studies,
namely the aspect of phenomenological interpretative analysis.Implication: This research builds awareness and
understanding for the public about commercial message advertising, which is fun, continues to be seen, the
message is conveyed and to support marketing success.Conclusions: Marketers understand people's preference
for today's busy world but they need brands and lifestyles
KEYWORD : Message, commercial, Fun, Online Media.
The study was undertaken with a purpose to study the attitude of students towards T.V advertisements on economic and social aspects. The sample comprised of 100 students selected by random sampling technique from Panjab University, Chandigarh. The findings revealed that advertisement helps to raise our standard of living whereas in social aspect an advertisement produces potentially negative side effects. Apart from that, the research serves as a good baseline for future research.
The Wisdom of Some Do We Always Need HighConsensus to Shape.docxpelise1
The Wisdom of Some: Do We Always Need High
Consensus to Shape Consumer Behavior?
Michael R. Sciandra, Cait Lamberton, and
Rebecca Walker Reczek
From the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to prompt healthier eating to the Environmental Protection
Agency’s desire to prompt people to engage in environmentally friendly behaviors, a wide range of policy
makers aim to persuade consumers. To do so, they must decide how and whether to use information about
the behavior of other consumers as part of their persuasive message. In four experimental studies, the
authors demonstrate that the persuasive advantage of high- versus low-consensus information depends
on the target consumer’s trait level of susceptibility to interpersonal influence (SII). Low-SII consumers
differentiate between low- and high-consensus information, such that they are more persuaded by
high-consensus information. In contrast, high-SII consumers find any cue about the behavior of others
persuasive, regardless of whether it is high or low consensus. Importantly, this finding suggests that policy
makers may find success motivating behavioral change even in low-consensus situations. The authors close
by reporting data from two broadscale correlational surveys that identify behavioral, psychographic, and
demographic characteristics related to consumer SII as well as domains in which low consensus currently
exists, so that policy makers can identify and target these individuals and related issues.
Keywords: persuasion, susceptibility to interpersonal influence, social norms marketing, consensus, social proof
P
olicy makers often want to persuade people to change
their thoughts and behaviors. For example, politicians
frequently stump for votes, advocate for change, and seek
support for new policies or legislation. Similarly, state and local
governmental agencies and nonprofit nongovernmental orga-
nizations (NGOs) continually encourage consumers to engage
in a multitude of desirable behaviors, including eating healthy
foods, staying physically active, recycling, and conserving en-
ergy. As such, policy makers frequently employ persuasive
messages designed to encourage specific behaviors. For ex-
ample, in May 2015, New York City launched a campaign de-
signed to reduce consumer waste and generated awareness
through persuasive messages on buses and subways and in
digital communications (Gerlat 2015).
Prior research in psychology and marketing has indicated that
the success of such persuasive messages is largely contingent on
two factors: (1) the credibility of the message source (i.e., the
policy maker or organization; Petty and Briñol 2008) and (2) the
strength or quality of the message argument (i.e., how strong
a case is made for the advocated attitude or behavior; Petty and
Cacioppo 1984). In general, most policy makers are endowed
with source credibility by virtue of political power (in the case of
elected officials), legal authority (e.g., state and local govern-
ment age.
The Acceptance of Online Behavioral Advertising: A Study of the Perceptions o...Jeanine Lilke
In order to complete summa cum laude honors I extensively researched online behavioral advertising. I conducted my own research on the perceptions of young adults on this new type of online advertising.
How social media is redefining the approach to research.
For more white papers and webinars, go to http://www.sldesignlounge.com
Or visit us at http://www.sld.com
Audience Perspective, Fun Message, Online Media Commercial Impressions with I...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT:Objective: This research is motivated by the world situation, all countries are squirming out of
economic stagnation. The commercial message is a moving symbol of the industry. Post-pandemic, commercial
messages show their creativity to look more attractive. Commercial messages on the one hand are needed to find
information on products and services. Commercial messaging is also needed in providing alternative options. In
the midst of the dense frequency and intensity of impressions, commercial messages are able to compete with
other media content. On the other hand, some people avoid commercial messages with skip behavior, because
commercial messages are considered annoying and boring. Others enjoy commercial messaging as entertaining
and fun content. There are viewers who want a commercial message but some who don't. method: The research
uncovered pleasant commercial messages. A pleasant message will create an effective commercial message
because the commercial message is able to be conveyed to the viewer. Commercial messages were studied with
phenomenological analysis as a method from Smith.
Results: The messages as findings are proposed by presenting a different angle from previous research studies,
namely the aspect of phenomenological interpretative analysis.Implication: This research builds awareness and
understanding for the public about commercial message advertising, which is fun, continues to be seen, the
message is conveyed and to support marketing success.Conclusions: Marketers understand people's preference
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Attitude towards Advertising and Information Seeking Behavior
– A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Hemant Bamoriya (Corresponding Author)
Faculty of Management Studies - AITR
Mangliya Square, Bypass Road, Indore, India
Tele: +919893594338, hemantbamoriya@acropolis.in
Rajendra Singh
Institute of Management Studies, Devi Ahilya University
Takshila Campus, Indore, India
prajsingh@redifmail.com
Abstract
Today marketers are much interested in finding factors influencing attitude towards advertising. Past researches
suggest that individuals use advertisement for three basis purposes viz. information seeking, entertainment,
social expression and may influence attitude towards advertising. This research investigates the influence of
information seeking behavior on attitude towards advertising using Pollay & Mittal Model. Research further
investigates relationship of demographic variables with information seeking, and finally various sources referred
& frequency to referring by both information seekers & non-information seekers. Model confirmation in AMOS
18.0 supports Pollay & Mittal Model of attitude towards advertising. Model further suggests that information
seeking behavior is associated with positive attitude towards advertising.
Key Words: Advertising, AMOS, Attitude, Information seeking, Optimum Stimulus Level
1. Introduction
Advertising is generally criticized for the eroding credibility, manipulation and promotion of materialism and
has been the subject of long debate since its inception. However it is a universal truth that advertising is
ubiquitous in modern life (Akaka et al. 2010). Literatures in advertising suggest that advertising is either easily
ignored by the individuals or is perceived to have little value. So with increasing alienation of consumers due to
advertisement clutter and rising advertising cost; impact of attitude towards advertisement on success of
advertising is of major interest of marketers (Mittal 1994; Spangenberg 2005). But even more important
question is what affects individuals’ attitude towards advertisement. Answer could be found through another
question i.e. why do individuals read/watch advertisements and how do they use it.
1.1 Individuals’ interest in advertisements & Information Seekers
Studies suggest that individuals use advertisement for three basis purposes- Information Seeking, Entertainment,
Social Expression (Eadie et al. 2007; Gordon 2006; Couler et al. 2001). Individuals use advertisements to seek
necessary, valuable information to support their purchase related decision making and to remain updated
(Krishnam and Smith 1998). Information seeking is the process or activity of attempting to obtain information to
bridge the knowledge gap (Kumar 2010). Information seekers bridge above knowledge gap & seek information
of their interest by monitoring, browsing, searching, being aware. Information seekers also attach high value to
the information that is accessible, updated, accurate and reliable (Bates 2002).
Bauer (2008) found that information seekers have higher Optimum Stimulus Level where as Zemke, Raines and
Filipczak (2001) identified following behavioral characteristics of Information Seekers:
Information seekers are avid readers
Like lively and varied materials
Prefer good access to various information sources
Do heavy online chatting
Devote substantial time for information searching
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Are frequent users of search engines (like Google, Ask, MSN etc).
1.2 Attitude towards advertising
Fishbein defined attitude as “a learned predisposition of human beings”. Based on this predisposition, “an
individual would respond to an object or an idea”. Kotler stated that “an attitude is a person’s enduring favorable
or unfavorable evaluations, emotional feelings, and action tendencies toward some object or idea”. Thus
Attitude towards advertising is an important concept as it is concerned with the general attitude towards the
broad institution of advertising and can influence the way a consumer responds to any advertising (Mehta 2000,
El-Adly 2010). Individuals’ attitude towards advertising is affected by the individual experiences and belief
constructs of individual about product information, hedonic/entertainment, falsity/no sense, good for the
economy, and corrupt values/materialism (Pollay & Mittal 1993).
1.3 Information Seekers and their attitude towards advertising
According to Optimum Stimulation theory individuals strive to achieve a certain level of stimulation from
environment in such that when overall stimulation is low process results in increased stimulation level and when
overall stimulation is high process results in decreased stimulation level (Zentall 1975). Thus individuals with
high Optimum Stimulus Level (OSL) will tendency to receive and explore external stimuli because of higher
need for environmental stimulation (Raju 1980). As Information seeker is an individual with high Optimum
Stimulus Level (OSL), they can be expected to be fond of taking in advertising as advertising stimuli are among
the strong external stimuli (Bauer 2008 et al., Schiffman & Kanuk 2010). Further as literatures suggest one of
the utility of advertisement is information seeking and information seekers who actively seek information from
various sources including advertisements to might have a positive attitude towards the advertisements in general
(Krishnam and Smith 1998, Bauer et al. 2008). This research paper aims at exploring information seekers and
non-information seekers attitude towards advertising and making recommendations to the marketers on the basis
of findings.
2. Literature review
Spangenberg et al. (2005) suggest that in modern era advertising is criticized because of eroding credibility,
manipulation of facts, and promotion of materialistic values. He further suggests that such criticism can signal
the distraction of consumer attention & lead to the potential loss of lucrative markets. Volkov et al. (2002) found
that chances of careful processing of advertisements are lowered by the high number of advertisements
competing for individuals’ attention on a daily basis. Limited time and mental resources make it difficult for the
audience to dedicate sufficient attention to most advertisements. Akihiro et al. (2007) suggest that
informativeness and credibility of the advertising message have the greatest impact on consumers' attitude
towards advertising and marketers should work hard on these aspects to bring positive ad attitude. Zanot (1984)
suggests a negative trend in public opinion about advertising during the 1960s and 1970s. Further some research
has shown that the public’s attitude towards advertising has been declining over time (e.g. Muehling, 1987),
while others have shown a more favorable evaluation of advertising (Shavitt et al., 1998). Alabdali (2010)
suggests a critical role of demographic variables on attitude towards advertisements. Dan (2008) suggests that
men, elderly and those with higher levels of education of the whole sample hold less favorable attitudes toward
advertising thus confirms the impact of demographic variables viz. sex, age and education on advertising
attitude.
Becker (1976) found that an individual’s propensity to search and use information partly determines his attitude
toward advertising. In this regard it is possible to differentiate two archetypical consumers on opposite ends of a
continuum. At the high-end of the continuum individuals characterized by a high degree of information
sensitivity can be detected. They are commonly called "Information Seekers". Solomon (2002) suggests that
information seeking has often been compared to a rational problem solving process, where a gap in knowledge
triggers a conscious search for information, which may apply to some situations, but in most cases the
information-seeking process is dynamic and changeable. It is dependent on the context and to a large extent on
the individual performing it. He further suggests that some people may plan and structure their searches, while
others gather information in a more flexible and spontaneous fashion. The reasons behind different information
approaches may lie in the context, but also be due to the person's inner processes and needs. Such persons are
information seekers. Hoffman and Novak (1996) suggest that according to Optimum Stimulation Level (OSL)
theory individuals strive to achieve a certain level of stimulation and are intrinsically motivated to collect
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information. Consumers with a high OSL aspire to a higher degree of stimulation, which they can reach by
taking in external stimuli. Schiffman & Kanuk (2010) suggests that consumers with Higher Optimum Stimulus
Level (OSL) are Information seeker and innovative. Such consumers are generally high risk takers, love to read/
watch/ chat/ net search, seek product/ price/ offers related information.
Bauer et al. (2008) found that active information seekers tend to have positive attitude towards the
advertisements in general, As advertising stimuli are among those external stimuli, consumers with a high OSL
can be expected to be fond of taking in advertising stimuli and having a positive attitude towards advertising in
general. Cheung et al. (2007) observed that an individual’s propensity to search and use information is an
important construct in the analysis and explanation of consumer behavior. Thus active information seekers
generally have more positive attitude towards advertisements. Weilbacher (2003) suggests that challenge for
advertising is to find ways and means into the consumers’ brain and to build an enduring perceptual
representation of the brand that is acceptable and desirable.
3. Scope of the study
This research paper is an attempt to explore the impact of information seeking behavior on attitude towards
advertising. For this a research model was drawn (adopted & modified form Pollay & Mittal 1993).
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4. Objectives of the study
1. To study the preference of information seekers and non-information seekers for various information
sources.
2. To study the demographic profile of the information seekers.
3. To study the influence of information seeking behavior on attitude towards advertising.
5. Research methodology
Keeping the objective of the study in mind Structural Equation Modeling approach was adopted. Randomized
convenience sampling method was used for a sample size of 320 respondents i.e. 20 respondents for 16
manifested variables (Chou et al. 1995). Of the respondents 66.66 % were male and 33.33% were female. The
sample was comprised of relatively younger respondents. Of the total respondents students and service persons
comprised 45% each; remaining 10% were businessmen. 40% undergraduates, 21% graduates and 39%
postgraduates comprised of total respondents.
Data for this study was obtained by using structured questionnaire to know the views and perception
of the individual respondents. The conceptualization and development of the questionnaire was based on the
existing literatures & Pollay & Mittal 1993 model. Questionnaire was divided into 2 sections. Section A of
questionnaire consists of questions related to demographic profile of respondents and their information seeking
behavior and section B was intended to evaluate their attitude towards advertising.
Questionnaire was analyzed for scale reliability (alpha) analysis which confirmed the scale reliability
as cronbach’s alpha coefficient was found to be 0.784. Data obtained was further subject to convergent validly
and was found to be valid as all indicators measuring same construct were found to be significantly correlated.
Data was analyzed for findings using AMOS 18.0 and SPSS 15.
6. Analysis & Discussion
6.1 Information Sources referred most
Percentile analysis and Descriptive statistics were applied on the responses in Section A of the questionnaire
which gave the findings about most referred source of information overall population-wise as well as
information seeker-wise (Annexure 1). In referring various sources of information both information seekers and
non-information seekers shown distinct behavior, however in both cases most referred source was found to be
the same i.e. internet.
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6.2 Frequency of referring various sources by information seekers & non-information seekers
An independent‐samples T‐test was conducted to compare frequency of referring various sources by information
seekers and non-information seekers (Annexure 2). There was a significant difference (large to moderate
calculated by eta squared) in frequency of referring Internet, News paper, Television, Peers, Books and
Magazines/journals.; while referring Family no significance was found.
<Table 2>
6.3 Information seeking and Demographic variables
A Pearson correlation was conducted to evaluate the relationship between information seeking behavior and
demographic variables named age, occupation, sex, education (Annexure 3). Preliminary analysis showed that
there were no violation of the assumptions of normality and linearity. No significant correlation was found
between information seeking and Age, Education, Occupation. There was a strong negative correlation between
information seeking and sex (r= -0.719, N= 100, p<0.01, correlation strength large r +- 0.5 to +-1) indicating
that higher levels of information seeking is associated with males.
<Table 3>
6.4 Attitude towards advertising
Research model in this study was tested by structural equation modeling using generalized least square
estimation.
<Figure 2>
Minimization was achieved and model was over-identified and recursive. Chi square statistics an absolute fit
index (Annexure 4) and other parsimonious fit indices suggest model conformity.
<Table 4>
Product information, Hedonic, Social image, Good for economy constructs were positively associated with
attitude towards advertising; where as Falsity and Materialism constructs were negatively associated. These
findings are consistent with findings of Pollay & Mittal (1993) from which research model was adopted and
modified.
6.5 Information seeking and Attitude towards advertising
Structural Model testing using un-standardize estimates suggest that regression weight of information seeking
behavior on attitude towards advertising was 0.46; means that if of information seeking behavior goes up by 1,
attitude towards advertising goes up by 0.46. Thus information seeking behavior positively affects attitude
towards advertising in general.
7. Conclusion
The paper at hand intends to analyze attitude towards advertising and information seeking behavior of audience,
along with effect of demographic variables and the most referred information sources by the two. Specifically,
the impact of information seeking behavior on attitude towards advertising is investigated. The results show that
the information seekers have more favorable attitude toward advertising in comparison to non-information
seekers. Hence, advertising companies are well advised to carefully select media among the various information
sources viz. internet, newspaper, TV, magazines etc. and to carefully design advertisements so as to make them
as informative and as entertaining as possible to increase acceptability among audience. On the other hand
marketers are advised not to make overpromises about offerings in ads and should give serious consideration to
the societal values is advertisements. Finally, given additional importance of trust on acceptance of advertising
marketers should bring higher credibility in their advertisements.
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Tables & Figures
Figure 1: Research Model
Table 1: Most referred sources of Information
Rating of information sources by source most referred
Sources of
Information Overall population Information seekers Non-Information
seekers
Internet 1 1 1
News Papers 2 3 4
Television 7 6 6
Family 5 7 2
Friends / Colleagues 3 5 3
Books 4 2 5
Magazines/ Journals 6 4 7
Table 2: Frequency of Referring Information Sources
Sources of Sig. 2 tailed eta squared
Information T (p) (magnitude of difference)
Internet 1.999 .045* .114 (moderate)
News Papers 2.157 .039* .141 (large)
Television 2.573 .015* .175 (large)
Family .995 .327 no significant difference
Friends / Colleagues 2.074 .046* .121 (moderate)
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Books 5.238 .000* .469 (large)
Magazines/ Journals 4.090 .000* .215 (large)
Table 3: Results of Correlation Analysis
Demographic variable Correlation coefficient for information seeking
(N= 100, p<0.01)
Age 0.045
Occupation 0.123
Sex -0.719**
Education 0.000
** significant at the 0.01 level
Table 4: Research Model Fit Indices
Model fit indices Values Recommended Interpretation References
guidelines
χ2 56.138 - - Klem, 2000; Kline,
N=320 2005; McDonald and
Ho, 2002
Probability Level .288 > .05 Model fit
of chi square
TLI .901 => .90 Model fit Klem, 2000;
McDonald and Ho,
2002
CFI .913 => .90 Model fit Klem, 2000;
McDonald and Ho,
2002
SRMR .049 < .05 Model fit Klem, 2000;
McDonald and Ho,
2002
Figure 2: Path diagram of research model
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