Self-referencing and advertising effectiveness: The influence of ad model ethnicity, cultural cues and acculturation level
2015-03
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Self-referencing and advertising effectiveness: The influence of ad model ethnicity, cultural cues and acculturation level
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This study investigated the effect of ad model ethnicity, cultural cues and acculturation level on the attitudes toward the advertising and brand among Asian minorities. Additionally, this study explored the self-referencing as a mediating role between the effects of the race of ad characters and cultural cues and the attitudes toward the advertising and brand. A 2 (Asian characters vs. white characters) by 2 (Asian cultural background scenario vs. American cultural background scenario) by 2 (low acculturated vs. high acculturated) between-subjects factorial design was employed to test the hypotheses. The results indicated that the congruent advertising condition activated more self-referencing and were more favored by the Asian minorities than the incongruent advertising condition. In addition, high acculturation increases the degree of self-referencing when the ad features American cultural cues. Moreover, self-referencing mediated the effect of the model ethnicity and cultural cues on attitude to the advertising and brand.
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University of Minnesota Master of Arts thesis. March 2015. Major: Mass Communication. Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Ball. 1 computer file (PDF); v, 105 pages, appendices A-B.
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Liu, Xiaoyan. (2015). Self-referencing and advertising effectiveness: The influence of ad model ethnicity, cultural cues and acculturation level. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/172134.
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