The impact of context on display ad effectiveness: Automatic attitude activation and applicability

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Highlights:

• Attitude toward the webpage content positively affects ad attitude.

• Attitude-activation effect increases when viewers pay less attention to the ad.

• Attitude-activation effect increases when viewers have a high need for cognition.

• Webpage content attitudes do not necessarily transform into significant mood states.

• A high level of applicability leads to better ad attitude and brand attitude.

摘要

•Attitude toward the webpage content positively affects ad attitude.•Attitude-activation effect increases when viewers pay less attention to the ad.•Attitude-activation effect increases when viewers have a high need for cognition.•Webpage content attitudes do not necessarily transform into significant mood states.•A high level of applicability leads to better ad attitude and brand attitude.

论文关键词:Internet advertising,Display ads,Priming,Automatic attitude activation,Applicability

论文评审过程:Received 7 July 2013, Revised 22 April 2014, Accepted 18 June 2014, Available online 25 June 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2014.06.006