Advertising & Public Relations Archive
Changing the game: The effects of cognitive load and brand prominence on covert advertising recognition.
ABSTRACT: The present study (N=82) employed a 2 (advertisement format: advergame vs. video commercial) x 2 (brand prominence: low (Asus) vs. high (KFC)) between-subjects factorial experiment to investigate the effect […]
Can we prime users to verify information? A study of visual attention to page cues and information search in response to online misinformation styled as news.
ABSTRACT: Misinformation that borrows from the design conventions of online news, often called simply “fake news,” is intentionally misleading and deceptive information packaged and disseminated in such a way that […]
How users rely on heuristics and emotions to form credibility impressions of novel online news articles.
ABSTRACT: Social media and other online platforms are increasingly the way consumers access news articles, which increases the likelihood of users visiting articles from sources they may not have visited […]
“Effectively addressing opioid drug use and misuse: Identifying the crisis and risk communications challenges and opportunities.”
Abstract: The epidemic of opioid drug use and misuse in the United States and in many other continues unabated. Communicating to healthcare practitioners, the public, news media, and those legally […]
“Parental Gender Effects On The Regulation Of Sponsored Child Influencer Unboxing Videos.”
“Changing the Game: The Effects of Cognitive Load and Brand Prominence on Covert Advertising Recognition.”
Abstract: This study first investigated the effect of advertising format (advergames vs online video commercials) on consumers’ ability to recognize advertising. Second, we tested how advertising format differentially impacted consumers’ […]
Pandemic influenza vaccines – Communication of benefits, risks, and uncertainties
Abstract: Vaccines that would be recommended and offered in response to a novel influenza virus bring many communication challenges. This chapter identifies and describes some of the major issues that […]
Media Science and Practice
Abstract: Given their influence and visibility, understanding how news media cover topics involving medicines and how they provide information to their target audiences is essential when it comes to medicinal […]
“Communicating during an Outbreak or Public Health Investigation”
Abstract: Epidemiologists and medical investigators deployed to disease outbreaks and public health investigations involving illness and deaths often need to communicate the journalists, local officials, and community members. This chapter […]
The Roles of Celebrity Endorsers’ and Consumers’ Vegan Identity in Marketing Communication about Veganism.
Abstract: Celebrities endorsing veganism may exert social influence on consumers’ attitude toward veganism and behavioral intention to become vegan. A between-subjects online experiment (N = 303) examined the effects of […]